Cyclone Daye made landfall over Odisha last midnight, triggering heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over many parts of the stat. In span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Thursday, Balasore recorded 141 mm of rain, Followed by Koraput at 100 mm.
Not only this, Baripada recorded 85 mm of rain, Gopalpur 77 mm, Pulbani 73 mm, Angul 63 mm, Chandabali 51 mm, Puri 49 mm, Keonjhargarh 45 mm, Cuttack 26 mm, Bhawanipatna 23 mm, Paradip 23 mm, Titlagarh 23 mm, Sambalpur 12 mm and Jharsuguda 2 mm.
The capital city of Bhubaneshwar too managed to record heavy rains to the tune of 49 mm.
Shortly after striking the coast, the cyclonic storm had weakened into a deep depression and has been tracking west-northwestwards. The system is presently seen over Interior Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh. It is centered at latitude 20.5°N and longitude 82.5°E, around 120 km eastsoutheast of Raipur, Chhattisgarh and about 70 km west of Titlagarh, Odisha.
As per weathermen, the system would continue to move over land and thus, weakening gradually into a Depression by tonight.
Weather conditions would remain conducive for moderate to heavy rains over Odisha during the next 24 hours. Few places might see very heavy showers as well.
By September 22, the system as a weakened one would vacate the state, but remnants of the system would continue to give rain and thundershowers over many parts of Odisha.
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