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Bhubaneswar, Nov 14 (LocalWire): Some parts of Odisha experienced a sudden fall in temperature in the past 24 hours. The temperature plummeted below 10 degrees Celsius at Daringbadi in Kandhamal district.

Daringbadi, which is situated about 3000 feet above sea level and is known as Odisha’s Kashmir, experienced its coldest night yesterday, marking the onset of winter.

The other places which recorded a drop in temperature were Sundergarh (11.5), Angul (12), Phulbani (12.5), Titlagarh (12.6) and Koraput (13.6).

Bhubaneswar, too, experienced a slight fall in temperature from 19.6 degrees Celsius to 18.8 degree Celsius, IMD officials said.

There will be a two to three degrees change in temperature in the next five days in the interiors of the state, they said.

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Bhubaneswar, Nov 9 (LocalWire) The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Bulbul’made landfall at Sagar island near Kolkata, while in Odisha where it caused devastations officials intensified restoration work.

Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradip Kumar Jena said the districts of Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore and partly Jajpur had experienced heavy rain and gale causing uprooting of trees, falling of electric poles and damaging kutcha houses.

The rain had since stopped and road clearing and restoration of electricity work are in progress.

While in many areas power restoration and road clearing had almost completed, the same is yet to be done in two of the 11 affected blocks in Kendrapara district – Rajnagar and Rajnakanika – as 33 KV feeder poles are being repaired and efforts are on to restore it tonight or latest by tomorrow, he said.

Meanwhile, Mayurbhanj district, which is closer to West Bengal, is now experiencing rain accompanied by gale affecting power supply and causing damage to kutcha houses.

Restoration work will commence once the rain stopped, the SRC said.

Stating that 3500 persons were shifted to cyclone shelters in the affected districts, Jena said that all the collectors have been advised to provide them the required food and basic needs as long as they are there.

The SRC said that an old man died of wall collapse in Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district.

The report is being verified. An NDRF personal sustained serious injuries in Bhadrak district while doing electricity restoration work.

He is being shifted to SCB Medical College Hospital at Cuttak and all arrangements have been made for his treatment there.

A fishing boat with nine crew members had capsized near Dhamra today.

All the members were rescued by ODRAF team, fishermen and local police, he said.

The SRC said that standing crops in at least six lakh hectares of agricultural land have sustained 30-40 per cent damage as per preliminary assessment and the field staff will thoroughly assess the crop loss, he said.

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Bhubaneswar, November 9 (LocalWire): With the cyclone Bulbul intensifying into a very severe cyclonic storm, coastal districts of Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, and Balasore have been witnessing heavy rainfall since Friday night.

With the wind speed steadily picking up in these areas, around 2,000 people from the vulnerable pockets of the districts have been evacuated to safer places.

According to the Special Relief Commissioner’s office, over 1,050 villagers have been evacuated from Kendrapara district.

While Paradip has recorded 159 mm rainfall, 143 mm rain was recorded in the Chandalli area while 32 mm rainfall was recorded in Balasore, SRC office said.

The Met department in its latest bulletin said the cyclone was likely to make landfall between West Bengal and Bangladesh in the early hours of Sunday. The cyclone Bulbul is likely to spare Odisha.

Cases of the uprooting of trees have been reported in various parts of these four districts leading to disruption of the road communication link.

The units of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force and National Disaster Response Force stationed in these areas are now on the job for road clearance work, officials said.

Intermittent rain accompanied by gusty wind has gripped the seaside villages reminding the people of unsteady sea and cyclonic fury.

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Bhubaneswar, November 9 (LocalWire): The very severe cyclonic storm Bulbul over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal has moved northwards with a speed of 13 kmph, and is now centred about 110 km east-southeast of Paradip.

The IMD has issued an orange warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, and Jagatsinghpur.

It has also warned of heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Jajpur and Mayurbhanj.

According to the latest India Meteorological Department (IMD) update, gale wind speed reaching 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph is very likely to prevail during the next nine hours along and off Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore districts coasts and decrease thereafter.

The report further warned that Puri and Ganjam districts are likely to experience squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph during the next six hours.

The IMD has warned that sea condition will be high to very high till the night of 9 November along and off north Odisha coast.

“The sea condition is phenomenal over the northwest Bay of Bengal. It is very likely to continue to be phenomenal until evening and improve gradually thereafter. Sea condition will be high to very high over the northeast Bay of Bengal till the evening and become high to very rough for the subsequent 12 hours,” IMD stated.
The bulletin issued early morning today has also called for a total suspension of fishing operations till the forenoon of 10 November.

“Fishermen are advised not to venture into sea along and off Odisha coast and deep-sea area of north and adjoining the west-central Bay of Bengal till 10 November 2019,” it stated.

Meanwhile, heavy rain has been reported in Paradeep, while the squally wind and moderate rainfall continued across Kendrapara since late last night.

According to sources, arrangements for free kitchen have been made in Parasannapur, Pentha, Kaitha and Badakot MCS last night.

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