SW monsoon to withdraw from parts of Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: The southwest monsoon is expected to withdraw from some parts of Odisha within next two days, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday.

Conditions are favourable for further withdrawal of southwest monsoon from remaining parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, some more parts of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and some parts of Odisha, West Bengal and Sikkim during next two days, said the national weather forecaster.

Weather experts said the usual withdrawal period of monsoon from the state is October 10 to 15. The monsoon remained subdued over Odisha between October 3 and 9 and the rainfall deficit stood at 70 per cent during the period.