Rain-battered West Bengal and Odisha are likely to see more showers over the next two days despite the low-pressure system moving to Bihar, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday.
Both the states were pounded by heavy rainfall for the past three days. The weather department has now predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers in both coastal and interior regions of Odisha.
Under the influence of the low-pressure area, squally weather condition with wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph, gusting up to 60 kmph, is likely to prevail off the Odisha coast for the next 48 hours, it said. The IMD has also asked the Naveen Patnaik government to be prepared to meet water-logging, landslides or localised flood-like situations in the districts for which the yellow warnings were issued.
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Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), Pradeep Kumar Jena, in a letter to the district collectors, asked them to ensure round-the-clock operation of control rooms. Talchher in Odisha received 30 mm rainfall in 24 hours till 5.30 pm on Tuesday, followed by Boudh at 16 mm.
In West Bengal, the weatherman warned of extremely heavy rainfall over Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Alipurduar till Wednesday morning and downpour till Thursday over all sub-Himalayan districts. It predicted thunderstorm with lightning along with widespread light to moderate rainfall in all districts of the state till Thursday morning.
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Jhalong in Kalimpong district received maximum rainfall in 24 hours till 8.30 am on Tuesday at 200 mm, the Met said. Other places in Bengal which received heavy rainfall during the period are Darjeeling at 170 mm, Pedong and Sukhiapokhri at 150 mm, Canning at 100 mm, Diamond Harbour at 90 mm and Purulia at 80 mm), the Met said.
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