Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari stated on Monday that the Odisha government is ready to handle any cyclone or crisis involving severe rains that may arise from the Bay of Bengal. The Minister told reporters that the state government has notified all district administrations and is keeping a careful eye on weather developments based on predictions from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and international weather models.
Two low-pressure systems that are emerging in the Bay of Bengal are being evaluated. The IMD has only forecasted rainfall thus far, while an American organization is evaluating the likelihood of a cyclone. Current assessments have classified coastal areas under orange alert and southern Odisha under red alert. Even if we are not fully prepared in some regions, we will still be able to cope with the crisis properly if it becomes serious,” Pujari stated.
The low pressure that developed over the southwest Bay of Bengal has deepened into a clearly defined low-pressure system and is expected to turn into a depression over the next 24 hours, according to Manorama Mohanty, Director of the IMD’s Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre. Over the next five days, the Regional Meteorological Center has forecast mild to moderate rainfall in various sections of the state, along with lightning, thunder, and gusty gusts. The districts of northern, coastal, and southern Odisha are predicted to have the most rainfall.
For the next 24 hours, the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Boudh, Nayagarh, Khordha, Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, and Kendrapara are under a yellow alert. According to the IMD, similar advisories have also been issued for the districts of Jajpur, Bhadrak, and Balasore for tomorrow.
