Overview

• The IMD says a well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal is set to move west-northwest across north Odisha into adjoining Jharkhand and north Chhattisgarh within 24 hours.
• Orange and yellow alerts remain in effect for multiple Odisha districts through Thursday morning, with additional rain warnings issued for the next four days.
• Balasore is among the worst hit, with water entering the district hospital and a main post office treasury room, damaging currency, documents and computers.
• Odisha’s Engineer-in-Chief Chandra Sekhar Padhi says major rivers, including the Subarnarekha, Jalaka and Baitarani, are flowing below danger marks and there is no immediate flood threat.
• The Centre has cleared a Doppler radar for Bhubaneswar and plans similar systems in Balasore and Sambalpur, as the IMD also flags thunderstorms with gusty winds in western Odisha and heavy rain in parts of south and north Bengal.