Heavy rain is likely to lash around 22 of Odisha's 30 districts till Saturday due to a cyclonic circulation, the Meteorological Centre here said on Thursday.
Rainfall of varied intensity may occur in many parts of north and south Odisha under the impact of the cyclonic circulation which now lies over Jharkhand and its neighbourhood, the MeT Centre said in a special bulletin.
Odisha is being battered by heavy rain in different spells due to five low-pressure areas formed over the Bay of Bengal since August. Many parts of south and west Odisha were also hit by flash floods due to incessant rain last month.
In view of the weather forecast, the Revenue and Disaster Management department has asked the collectors of the districts to be affected to keep the administrative machinery prepared to meet possible flood or waterlogging.
They have been asked to make arrangements to evacuate people from vulnerable areas to safe shelters, if required.
Parts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh and Angul districts will get heavy to very heavy rainfall till Friday, the MeT Centre said.
Similarly, heavy rainfall is likely to occur in parts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Khordha, Koraput, Baragarh, Balangir and Sonepur districts.
Besides, districts of Naupada, Nawarangpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundargarh are likely to receive heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday.
Meanwhile, several low-lying areas in Khurda, Cuttack, Puri and Jagatsinghpur districts were submerged following release of excess water from Hirakud dam after incessant rain in the upper catchment areas of the river Mahanadi.
However, all major rivers including the Mahanadi are flowing below the danger marks.
The weathermen said, due to strong monsoon current and high waves, sea condition is likely to be rough to very rough along and off Odisha coast, fishermen are cautioned against venturing into the sea till Friday.
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