Raipur, October 29, 2026: Severe cyclone Arnab has been weakened and converted into depression over south Chhattisgarh and adjoining south Odisha today.
The Depression over south Chhattisgarh and adjoining south Odisha moved nearly northwards with the speed of 18 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centered at 8.30 AM today over the same region about 40 km north-northwest of Jagdalpur, 200 km south of Raipur, 180 km southwest of Titlagarh in Odisha, 150 km west-southwest of Bhawanipatna (Odisha) , and 310 km southwest of Sambalpur (Odisha).
It is very likely to continue to move nearly northwards, and weaken into a well marked low pressure area over North Chhattisgarh and adjoining Northwest Odisha around evening of today, Weather Department sources said.
During past 24 hours ending at 8.30 AMtoday, there has been widespread rainfall activity over north Andhra Pradesh, Northeast Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Gangetic West Bengal with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy rainfall (21 cm or more) at a isolated places over South Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh, heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over North Odisha and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Northeast Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Gangetic West Bengal, they said.
Exceptional heavy rainfall occurred over south Odisha during past 24 hours ending at 8.30 AM today. The highest rainfall of 546 mm occurred over Patrapur (District Ganjam) followed by 503 mm over Sorada (District Ganjam), 462 mm over G.Udaygiri (District Kandhamal), 458 mm over Mahendragarh (District Gajapati), 388 mm over Sanakhemundi (District Ganjam), 309 mm over Chikiti (District Ganjam).
The system is under continuous surveillance of the Doppler Weather Radar at Raipur and Sambalpur, they said.
