Rain brings much respite to sizzling summer as Southwest Monsoon advances to Odisha
Bhubaneswar, June 22: The Southwest Monsoon on Thursday advanced into some parts of southern Odisha triggering heavy rains and bringing much respite to the people reeling under months-long scorching summer and intense heat wave conditions in the state.
IMD sources said the southwest monsoon advanced to most areas of Malkangiri, Koraput and some areas of Gajapati district on Thursday.
The weather conditions are now very favourable for further advancement of monsoon over other parts of Odisha during the next two days.
The IMD had already warned of heavy rainfall in several parts of Odisha during the next two days and issued Orange warnings to several districts in the next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, an hour-long incessant rains in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack this morning caused water logging in several low-lying areas and some parts of the Capital city and Cuttack town.
Light to moderate rain / thunderstorm had occurred at a few places over the districts of North Odisha and South Odisha with heavy rainfall at one or two places over the district of coastal Odisha, Met sources said.
However, heat to severe heat wave conditions prevailed in some parts of Western Odisha where the day temperature continued to hover above 40 degree Celsius.
