Bhubaneswar: Southwest monsoon likely to reach over some parts of Odisha during the next two-three days, a Met source here said Monday.
The source further said that the southwest monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, west-central and northwest Bay of Bengal, some parts of Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand, some more parts of Bihar and remaining parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim June 19. Now the conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest Monsoon over some more parts of Odisha during the next three days.
The hot weather & heat wave conditions however, are likely to prevail in some districts of interior Odisha and the current meteorological condition indicates that a maximum temperature (day) is very likely to fall gradually by 4 to 6 degree Celsius during the next three days.
There will be no large change thereafter at many places over the districts of Odisha. Maximum temperature very likely to be above normal by 4 – 6 degree Celsius in some districts of interior Odisha during the next two days. Consequently, hot and discomfort weather is likely during the next two days and people are advised to take precautionary measures while going outside during day time between 11am to 3pm.
Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions is very likely to prevail at a few places over the districts of Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Bargarh, Subarnapur, and Deogarh where the met office had issued orange warnings.
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Meanwhile, the mock drills were conducted at the shelter level across various districts of Odisha Monday to enhance preparedness, strengthen community response capabilities, and reduce the impact of disasters.
Community members, shelter management committee members, task force volunteers, village disaster management committees, PRI members, Mission Shakti/WSHG members, NGO partners, Anganwadi workers, ASHA workers, and youth participated in the mock drills.
Conducted annually, in the Multi-purpose Cyclone Shelters/ Multi-purpose Flood Shelters, these drills help simulate realistic scenarios of cyclones and floods and streamline community response.
As part of the exercise, a dummy message was sent from the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) to the Collectors and the District EOCs disseminated it to various field-level officials and others associated with the management and maintenance of multi-purpose cyclone/flood shelters.
Simulated drills were conducted as per SOP/Village level Disaster Management Plans prepared by the communities. The teams of ODRAF, NDRF, and Fire Services participated to demonstrate Search and Rescue and First Aid techniques.
The mock drill process included warning dissemination, evacuation, search and rescue, and first aid activities. Equipment available at the shelter level was tested thoroughly to check its functionality.
State-level observers from OSDMA and the Office of SRC, along with district and block-level officers visited the districts to observe the mock drills at the shelter level.
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