An atmospheric depression over coastal Odisha is likely to cause heavy rainfall over Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Gujarat, Konkan, Goa and the Western Ghats in Maharashtra on Wednesday and Thursday, India Meteorological Department warned on Tuesday.
“Extremely heavy rain will continue over central India in the next 2-3 days, as the depression moves west-northwestwards across central India up to Gujarat and the Konkan region,” said M Mohapatra, director general of IMD.
“The Konkan region is already recording extremely heavy and widespread rain as winds from Arabian Sea have strengthened due to the low pressure system over Odisha.”
The weather bureau on Tuesday issued a red alert for central India, stretching from Odisha to Maharashtra and Goa, and an orange alert for the region on Wednesday. These warnings are for local authorities to take action to prevent disasters due to extreme rainfall.
The monsoon trough, a stretch of low pressure area from Pakistan to West Bengal, is active and lying south of its usual position, the weather office said, which indicates heavy rainfall over central India.
{{/usCountry}}The monsoon trough, a stretch of low pressure area from Pakistan to West Bengal, is active and lying south of its usual position, the weather office said, which indicates heavy rainfall over central India.
{{/usCountry}}A low-pressure area over coastal Odisha and northwest Bay of Bengal moved slowly west-northwestwards and developed into a depression that lay centred about 70km north-northwest of Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, the agency said.
“With the intensification of the low-pressure area, we can expect intense rainfall over central India,” said Ananda Das, in-charge of cyclones at IMD.