Odisha on high alert ahead of cyclone, anglers recommended care

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Odisha is most likely to witness heavy rain for 3 days from October 27 as a low-pressure location in the Bay of Bengal magnified into an anxiety on Saturday (October 25, 2025), India Meteorological Department (IMD)stated.

The weather condition workplace released ‘orange’ (be prepared to act) and ‘yellow'(understand)cautions for numerous districts of the State.

IMD, in its most current declaration, stated the well-marked low-pressure location over the southeast Bay of Bengal “moved almost westwards and focused into an anxiety and lay centred about 420 kilometres west-southwest of Port Blair and 1,040 kms south-southeast of Gopalpur [Odisha].

“It is most likely to move west-north-westwards and heighten even more into a deep anxiety by Sunday (October 26) and into a cyclonic storm over the southwest and adjacent west main Bay of Bengal by Tuesday (October 28) early morning. Afterwards, it is most likely to move northwestwards towards the Andhra Pradesh coast throughout the subsequent 48 hours,”the weather condition publication stated.

Anxiety is a weather followed by a low-pressure location and preceded by a cyclonic storm, a researcher at the IMD at Bhubaneswar Centre stated.

According to Dr. Manorama Mohanty, the director of Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, seaside Andhra Pradesh might experience the most substantial effect, while Odisha is most likely to witness “heavy to extremely heavy rain, gusty winds, and localised thunderstorms”.

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Sea conditions would stay extremely rough throughout the cyclone, and for that reason, anglers are recommended not to endeavor into the” southwest and adjacent main Bay of Bengal and along and off Tamil Nadu– Andhra Pradesh cruises till October 29, and the Odisha coast from October 26 to 29″.

Along and off the Odisha coast, squally winds of 35– 45 kmph are most likely from October 26, increasing to 50– 60 kmph by October 28– 29, it stated.

Odisha’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari stated that all the district collectors have actually been directed to stay ready for any circumstance.

The collectors of landslide-prone districts such as Gajapati, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur are encouraged to keep a watch on the scenario and carry out evacuation of individuals to more secure locations if needed, the Minister included.

Released – October 25, 2025 07:13 am IST