States »EasPosted at: Jun 4 2021 6:03PM

South West Monsoon expects to move parts of South odisha by June 8 : CEC

Bhubaneswar, Jun 4(UNI) The south-west monsoon is expected to move into parts of south
Odisha by June 8 or 9, the Centre of Environment and Climate (CEC), Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan,
said on Friday.
The current monsoon had advanced up to Andhra Pradesh and the south-west monsoon had
covered some areas of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.It was expected to move into parts of
south Odisha by June 8 or 9, CEC sources said
The monsoon current was likely to get further strengthened over the next two to three days
leading to the formation of a low pressure area (LOPAR) over north-west Bay of Bengal on
June 10-11 along the West Bengal-Odisha coast
The LOPAR would facilitate the advancement of the south-west monsoon into entire Odisha.
The system is likely to concentrate into a depression causing rains from the night of June 10.
The intensity of rainfall would increase from the evening of June 11 in the coastal belt of the
state. Thereafter, heavy to very heavy rainfall would be experienced in northern and western
Odisha up to June 14, the CEC said.
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