Cyclone Jawad Turns Into A Low-Pressure Area, IMD Issues Orange Alert To Odisha

The heavy rains due to the impact of Cyclone Jawad threw normal life out of gear in parts of West Bengal and Odisha.

The rough sea due to the impact of Cyclone Jawad (File Photo)

Chennai: Cyclone Jawad weakened into a well-marked low-pressure area over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal and Bangladesh coast, according to a bulletin from India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday. As the impact of the cyclonic storm is reducing, the IMD has issued an orange warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall over coastal and northern districts of Puri, Cuttack, Jajpur and Balasore.

Further, the IMD bulletin said, "The depression over northwest Bay of Bengal near North Odisha Coast moved Northeastwards and weakened into the well-marked low-pressure area over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts." 

"It is likely to move Northeastwards and weaken further into a low-pressure area during the next 6 hours," it said. 

According to a report on PTI, heavy rains lashed parts of West Bengal and Odisha throwing normal life out of gear due to the impact of Cyclone Jawad. The rain led to crop losses in Paradip port in Odisha.

On Sunday, Khalikote in Ganjam district received 158 mm of rainfall while Nayagarh received 107.5 mm of rainfall in Odisha.

In West Bengal, the rains also forced the state to stop the ferry service in the Hoogly river while a trawler sank in South 24 Parganas due to the winds. However, no casualty was reported. 

Till Sunday, the West Bengal government evacuated 24,375 people from coastal areas of South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur in the state. West Bengal is also operating 82 relief centers in the two districts.