Chhattisgarh Rain Alert: Cyclone Arnab to Bring Showers Oct 28-29

Rain from Cyclone Arnab will reach south Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, 27 October, and spread to every district of the state on 28 and 29 October, with extremely heavy rain possible at one or two places, the Meteorological Department’s Raipur centre has forecast. The storm, forming over the Bay of Bengal, is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast on Wednesday and push moisture north-west over Bastar and the plains, bringing thunderstorms, lightning and winds of 50–60 kmph in places.

Sukma and Dantewada First in Line

Sukma and Dantewada, which border Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, are expected to get rain first, on 27 October, Navbharat reported, with an orange alert for the state on 28 and 29 October. In Gariaband, Collector Ranbir Sharma has told all departments to stay on alert, and village kotwars will go house to house asking farmers to protect harvested crops and livestock owners to keep animals sheltered.

People have been asked to keep away from open fields and not to shelter under trees during thunderstorms.

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Dry and Warm Until Tuesday

Chhattisgarh was dry on Sunday. Raipur recorded a maximum of 32.3°C and a minimum of 19.7°C on 25 October, and Monday is forecast to be mainly clear with temperatures close to those levels, ETV Bharat reported. IMD’s national warning places parts of Chhattisgarh in the heavy rain belt on 28 October along with Odisha, Telangana and coastal Andhra Pradesh. The state government has not announced school closures. The storm’s track is in our Cyclone Arnab forecast; more on the Weather Updates page.

Source: IMD weather warning. Also based on reporting by ETV Bharat and Navbharat.

Image: Navbharat (representative).