Cyclone Helen to affect South Odisha

According to our latest forecast, south coastal Odisha could also receive rain or thunder showers with a wind speed of around 40 to 50 kmph under the influence of Cyclone Helen, in the next two days.

The coastal districts of Gajapati, Ganjam and Khordha will receive good amounts of rainfall because of Cyclone Helen however the intensity will not match up to to what coastal Andhra Pradesh will experience.

The places that will get rain in Odisha are Gopalpur, Brahmpur and Paradip. Maximum temperatures in coastal areas of Odisha will fall with the clouding Cyclone Helen will bring.

Odisha was battered by Cyclone Phailin last month which led to a loss of five lakh hectares of crops worth 2,400 crore rupees. The cyclone proved fatal for about 28 people, brought floods in nearly 16,000 villages and severely hit over 1.2 crore people in Andhra Pradesh and Odhisa.

 

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