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IMD warns of very heavy rain on Odisha Andhra coasts
The Hindu BusinessLine··5d ago
IMD forecast heavy to very heavy rain, with isolated extremely heavy spells, over south Odisha and north Coastal Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday and Thursday. A well-marked low over the Bay of Bengal may intensify into a depression by Tuesday. It could deepen into a deep depression on Wednesday. Lightning alerts also cover Jharkhand on Monday and Tuesday.
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What It Means For You
- Lightning alerts also cover West Bengal for four days from Tuesday.
- The system could move close to the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coast.
- Monsoon withdrawal from North-West India continued, with the withdrawal line unchanged Monday.
What's Happening
- Monday satellite images showed heavy thunderclouds across West Bengal and Odisha coasts.
- Sunday's low became well-marked overnight over the central Bay.
- A north-south trough is helping organise moisture into the circulation.
Where the Cloud Band Lies
- Cloud cover stretched from Haldia and Kharagpur through Bhubaneswar, Puri and Brahmapur.
- Pockets of cloud also sat over Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam in north Andhra Pradesh.
- The withdrawal line ran through Ramgarh, Mohangarh, Phalodi and Khajuwala.
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