Ten locations in Odisha obtained extraordinarily heavy rainfall on October 2 as a consequence of a deep melancholy. File photograph. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout
The highest rainfall of 352 mm was recorded at Thuamul Rampur in Kalahandi district, adopted by R. Udaygiri and Gumma in Gajapati district, receiving 291 mm and 211 mm of rain respectively, whereas Junagarh in Kalahandi recorded 210 mm of rainfall until 8.30 am on Friday (October 3, 2025), it stated.
Ten locations within the State have additionally recorded very heavy rainfall of 12 cm to twenty cm, and 42 locations reported heavy rainfall of seven cm to 11 cm through the interval, the IMD stated.
The IMD has forecast rainfall actions for your complete state and earmarked Sundargarh district below ‘Orange’ alert of heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorm with lightning accompanied by gusty floor wind velocity reaching 30-40 kmph on Friday (October 3).
The IMD in its newest bulletin stated that the deep melancholy over Odisha moved north-northwestwards with a velocity of 10 kmph and weakened right into a melancholy. “It is very likely to move north-northwestwards across interior Odisha and weaken gradually into a well-marked low pressure during the next 12 hours from 8.30 am of Friday (October 3),” it stated.
One killed in wall collapse
“One particular person died and two others went lacking in landslides at six locations in Gajapati as a consequence of incessant rain for the previous two days. The deceased was buried below the rubble on Thursday after a landslide passed off in an space below the R Udaygiri Police Station limits,” SP Jatindra Kumar Panda informed PTI over the cellphone.
Seventy-year-old Kartika Shabara and his son Rajib Shabara went lacking as a landslide struck in an space close to Pekat below the Rayagarh block within the district, the SP stated.
“Rescue operations are being carried out. The roads connecting Rayagarh with Nuagarh and R Udaygiri have been reduce off,” he stated.
Twenty-four vacationers had been rescued from the Mahendragiri Hills as they had been stranded as a consequence of a landslide, he stated.
Gajapati worst affected
Gajapati district has been the worst affected, different southern Odisha districts like Ganjam, Rayagada, Koraput, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri have additionally witnessed washing away of roads, rainwater flowing over bridges, falling of timber, home collapses and different such actions affecting regular life.
“More than two dozen villages have been cut off from the rest of the state due to road blockade by landslide, tree falling and bridges damaged in the districts of Gajapati and Ganjam,” a senior Revenue Department official stated, including that the depth of rains has decreased from 9 am of Friday (October 3).
Odisha’s Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena has been monitoring the state of affairs in Gajapati district as directed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.
The landslip and rainwater flowing on the railway monitor has affected prepare service in southern Odisha.
Published – October 03, 2025 01:08 pm IST
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