Rains lash coast, 3 die

OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 22: Three persons were killed and two injured as incessant rains lashed the state after a depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified further and moved closer to land. All the major rivers were rising following heavy rain in the upper catchment areas, posing a threat of fresh flood. Officials of the meteorology centre here said that yesterday’s depression, formed over west-central and adjoining north-west part of the Bay of Bengal, lay centred at about 100km south-west of Puri. The system intensified further and moved in a north-westerly direction towards the coast. Under its influence, heavy to very heavy rain occurred at several places across the state. Chandbali recorded the highest rainfall (19.1cm), followed by Balasore (12.1cm) and Paradip (11.3cm) during the past 24 hours. Bhubaneswar received 8.5cm rainfall over the same period. Full Story