Deep depression over Bay of Bengal to batter South Bengal with heavy rain from Tuesday
Officials moved more than 5,000 people to shelters and deployed emergency teams as the system threatened heavy to extremely heavy rain.
- On September 22, the India Meteorological Department warned a low-pressure area intensified into a deep depression, tracking west-northwest toward the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast for landfall between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur.
- Andhra Pradesh recorded a cumulative rainfall deficit of about 47% since the southwest monsoon's onset, making incoming precipitation a critical lifeline for farmers and reservoirs struggling with depleted storage levels.
- Authorities issued red alerts for southern Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh, where Semiliguda in Koraput recorded 230 mm of rainfall, prompting officials to evacuate at least 3,500 people to cyclone shelters as a precautionary measure.
- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi instructed departments to coordinate relief operations, while Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan ordered infrastructure repairs on a war footing, supported by 33 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force teams.
- Meteorological projections indicate the system will weaken into a depression by Friday, though coastal West Bengal remains under an orange alert with forecasts of gusty winds reaching 50 kmph through September 26.
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Deep depression to bring heavy rain across central, eastern India
The system is expected to cross the north Andhra Pradesh–south Odisha coasts by 23 September, with heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast across several states through 29 September as the southwest monsoon retreats.
Deep depression brings heavy rains to Odisha, Andhra; thousands evacuated
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has brought heavy rainfall to parts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, leading to the evacuation of at least 3,500 people and prompting authorities to issue red and orange alerts for several districts.
Deep depression rolls towards Odisha-Andhra coast, landfall likely tonight; heavy rain alert issued - The Tribune
The Odisha government is on high alert as the depression in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression and caused heavy rainfall in coastal and southern regions on Tuesday, prompting the state government to cancel leaves of employees and close educational institutions in at least seven districts.
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