Odisha Rain Alert: IMD Warns of Very Heavy Showers on 3-4 November

Odisha is forecast to get heavy to very heavy rain on 2–4 November, with isolated very heavy falls on 3–4 November, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its all-India bulletin issued at 5:36 PM on 1 November. Cyclone Murasu is expected to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast late on 2 November or early on 3 November, and its outer bands will reach south Odisha. The state is still dealing with flooding from Cyclone Arnab on 28 October.

Evacuations and Standby Teams in South Odisha

Millennium Post reported that Odisha has ordered people out of low-lying and vulnerable hilly areas, with residents of high-risk areas asked to reach shelters by Sunday night. NDRF and ODRAF teams are on standby. The Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre expects 7–20 cm of rain in some areas on 2 and 3 November, the paper reported. Winds of 40–50 km/h, gusting to 60 km/h, are forecast from the evening of 2 November, rising to 50–60 km/h on 3 November.

Fishermen Told to Stay Ashore Till 4 November

The IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into the northwest Bay of Bengal and off the south Odisha coast from the evening of 2 November to the afternoon of 4 November. It has forecast thundersqualls of 50–60 km/h in Odisha on 3–4 November, and thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds on 1–2 and 5 November. Relief work continues in Ganjam and Gajapati; the Gidipabali landslide toll stood at six on 1 November, with 10 people missing.

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Rain Elsewhere in East and Northeast India

Jharkhand, Bihar and Gangetic West Bengal can expect isolated to scattered rain. Arunachal Pradesh has isolated heavy rain forecast on 2 November, and Assam, Meghalaya and the other northeastern states isolated to scattered rain on 1–7 November. Earlier forecasts are in our 1 November Odisha story; the next bulletin is due on the evening of 2 November.

Source: IMD all-India weather bulletin, 1 November 2026, 17:36 IST. Also based on reporting by Millennium Post.

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