Another low-pressure zone might be created in West-Central and North-Western Bay of Bengal on September 7. As a result, the state will see heavy rainfall and the monsoon will stay active.
As per the official reports, the monsoon will be active starting September 5, following which there is a chance of back-to-back low-pressure zones being created over the Bay of Bengal every week. Owing to this, the month of September might see heavy to very heavy rainfall.
Three low-pressure zones were created over the Bay of Bengal in the month of August, due to which the average rainfall in the country was six per cent more than average. Odisha has also seen seven per cent more rain than average between the months of June and September. IMD is estimating that the long period of rainfall will also be more than average for the month of September.