IMD forecasts cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal in next 24 hours; issues alert for Odisha

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widespread rainfall in the last 24 hours. Binika in Sonepur district recorded the highest rainfall of 165.2 mm and Dhankauda in Sambalpur 155.5 mm.

Very heavy rain was recorded at 6 places while 12 places witnessed heavy rain," IMD said. IMD informed on Sunday about a cyclonic circulation is currently situated over the Northwest Bay of Bengal and the adjacent coastal areas of north Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal.

"A cyclonic circulation lies over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-Gangetic West Bengal coasts and extends upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwards with height," IMD Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said. The weather department further stated that the cyclonic circulation is expected to follow a west-northwestward path, traversing through the northern regions of Odisha and the adjoining areas of Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand over the course of the next two to three days.