Overview

• Heavy rain and squally winds are lashing coastal Odisha and south Bengal, with the system forecast to cross between Gopalpur and Paradip in the Oct 2 night–early Oct 3 window.
• Odisha placed seven districts under a red alert for extremely heavy rain, sixteen under orange, and others under yellow, as the state deployed men and machinery in vulnerable areas.
• West Bengal recorded significant coastal totals ahead of the crossing, including 102 mm at Digha and 90 mm at Sagar Island, with Kolkata under a heavy rain alert and waterlogging risks.
• Marine advisories urged fishermen to stay ashore and ports to hoist Local Cautionary Signal No-III as winds reached 55–65 km/h with higher gusts over the Bay.
• Rainfall impacts extended inland, with one fatality reported in Dumka, Jharkhand, while forecasts point to heavy to very heavy rain, hail, and mountain snow over northwest India from Oct 5–7.