IMD issues severe cyclone warning for Bihar, Odisha

NEW DELHI: As depression over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Bay of Bengal near Kolkata intensified into a deep depression, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued severe weather warning (heavy to very heavy rainfall) for the state and neighbouring states like Bihar and Odisha for next 24-48 hours.

A separate alert has also been issued for north-eastern states, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Konkan & Goa, Telangana, Rayalaseema, North interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for the next four days (till October 13) due to different weather phenomena.

“The system (cyclonic) is very likely to move slowly west-northwestwards initially during next 24 hours and move northwards thereafter”, said an official statement.


Issuing heavy rainfall and high wind speed warning on Monday afternoon, the IMD advised fishermen along and off north Odisha and West Bengal coasts not to venture into sea during the next 24 hours.

The places which are likely to experience “heavy to very heavy rainfall” during next 48 hours include north Odisha and Jharkhand. “Rainfall at many places with heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Chhattisgarh and south Odisha on October 10 and over Bihar on October 10-11”, said the country’s national weather forecaster in the statement.

In the separate alert, the IMD predicted “heavy to very heavy” rainfall at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal and “heavy” rainfall over Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya and other states in western and peninsular India for Tuesday.

Parts of north-eastern states, Konkan and Goa are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on Wednesday and Thursday.