BHUBANESWAR: Coastal areas of Odisha received quite to exceptionally heavy rain as cyclone’Yaas’ battered the area, the meteorological department said on Wednesday. Chandbali at Bhadrak district captured rain of 288.3 mm within the previous 24 hours, followed by Rajkanika at Kendrapara (251 mm), the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre stated. Nawana at Mayurbhanj district obtained 210.4 millimeter rain, Binjharpur at Jajpur (206 mm), Paradip at Jagatsinghpur (200.3 mm) and also Astaranga at Puri (180 mm), it stated. The areas of Dhenkanal, Angul, Deogarh and Sundargarh received moderate rainfall, although the normal precipitation at Keonjhar district has been 44.7 mm,” the department stated. Odisha’s Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Jena mentioned of this nation’s 314 cubes, 36 received rain between 110 mm and also 304 mm, whereas 37 additional cubes recorded 50-100 millimeter rain. The IMD has now issued a red warning to two districts which are anticipated to get downpour from the subsequent 24 hours. Cyclone’Yaas’ wreak havoc at the shore towns in southern Odisha and neighboring West Bengal, since it struck the shore around 9 am with wind speeds of 130-140 kmph, inundating low- lying regions amid a storm explosion, officials explained.
Cyclone’Yaas’: Rain Lbs coastal Areas of Odisha
