with a depression on the Bay of Bengal likely to cause heavy rains in many areas of Odisha until August 9, the state government on Tuesday asked district collectors to be ready to face a possible flood. The Meteorological Center said in a special bulletin that the depression on the Bay of Bengal intensified in a depression Tuesday.

The depression adjacent to the coasts of Bangladesh and West Bengal was centered about 160 km southeast of Balasore of Odisha and about 130 km south-southeast of Digha in West Bengal declared. The depression is expected to intensify in a deep depression Wednesday and spread west-northwest over the coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal until August 10.

It is likely that moderate rains or thunderstorms will occur in most localities of Odisha until August 11 and strong to very heavy rains in some areas until August 9, announced the center MeT. Given the weather forecast, Special Rescue Commissioner (SRC) BS Sethi issued a warning and warned that floods and water saturation are likely to occur in different parts of the districts where heavy rainfall is likely to occur. have been planned.

The CBC asked the district collectors concerned to keep the administrative machines ready to deal with any eventual situation that might occur in the event of heavy rainfall.

The Met Center issued "red warnings" until Wednesday for districts such as Malkangiri, Koraput, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Puri, predicting heavy to very heavy rains in some areas and extremely abundant rains elsewhere in the six districts . Heavy to very heavy rains may affect some areas in Gajapati, Boudh, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Nayagarh districts, the paper said.

The Met Center is forecasting heavy showers in parts of Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Khurda, Angul, Rayagada, Balasore, Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts. Heavy and heavy rains may occur on Wednesday and Thursday in some localities in Sonepur, Jharsuguda, Angul, Dhenkanal, Kalahandi, Bargarh and Sundargarh districts, the paper said.

Meteorologists said some parts of Cuttack, Kendrapada, Boudh, Nayagarh, Khurda, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Nabarangpur will receive heavy rains until Thursday. The Met center is also forecasting heavy rains in remote areas of Sundargarh, Bargarh, Keonjhar, Koraput, Nawarangpur and Kalahandi districts on August 8th and 9th.

The Met Department advised fishermen in the coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal not to venture into the sea before 10 August. He also advised to raise the local warning signal number three (LC-III) in all ports of Odisha. The SRC stated that areas prone to flooding and waterlogging could be identified in advance and that those in the field should remain prepared to evacuate people from vulnerable areas to safe shelters.

If necessary, arrangements can be made in advance to provide adequate food, drinking water, lighting, health and sanitation facilities in all shelters and relief camps, he stated in the notice.

Fire crews must be prepared to conduct search and rescue operations; members of the ODRAF (Odisha Rapid Disaster Response Force) team, if applicable, may be intimidated. Arrangements should also be made to prevent people and vehicles from using the roads and bridges in immersion, he added.