Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted that Odisha will reel under the harsh summer effects for a long period of three months till May.
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The #probability #forecast for #maximum #temperature issued for different subdivisions of India Indicates, #above #normal maximum temperature particularly for #Odisha state, during this #hot #weather #season, March-April-May, 2021. pic.twitter.com/DRsoLntuFk
— Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar (@mcbbsr) March 1, 2021
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Apart from Odisha, above normal maximum temperatures will also prevail in most of the subdivisions of north, northwest and northeast India, few subdivisions of eastern Chhattisgarh and western (Gujarat region and Saurashtra and Kutch) parts of central India, and few coastal subdivisions (Konkan &Goa and Coastal Andhra Pradesh) of north peninsular India.
According to IMD, most of the subdivisions of south peninsular India and adjoining central India are likely to experience below normal maximum temperatures between March-April-May this year.
Notably, several parts of Odisha are experiencing a sudden rise in maximum temperature for the last one week.