(live-PR.com) - The severe cyclonic storm, located nearly 400 km from Paradip,Sidr is heading towards West Bengal-Bangladesh coast. This storm with such high intensity likely to trigger extremely heavy rainfall coupled with high speed gale reaching 60 to 90 kmph over North Orissa, official sources said today.

Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC) here predicted very heavy rainfall of more than 25 cm over North Orissa during the next 48 hours by this christened 'Sidr'.

Heavy rain or thundershower is likely to occur at many places with heavy falls at isolated places over South Orissa during the same period, it said.

Under its impact, the wind speed was likely to increase as the system approached the coast, while sea condition would be high to very high off North Orissa coast and rough to very rough off South Orissa coast, it said.

Though the system was moving away from Orissa coast, the state government has sounded warning in Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj and some other coastal districts close to Sagar Island to remain prepared for rains and gale that might take under its impact.

"Collectors of these districts were told to monitor water level in different rivers as the rainfall could be unusual," said Revenue Minister Manmohan Samal. He said relief material had already reached places likely to be affected.

The government had already dispatched teams of ODRAF (Orissa Disaster Rapid Action Force) to places where the situation could become worse due to heavy rainfall.

"Both ODRAF and medical teams had already reached their destinations," said state Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) N K Sunadaray.

Under the influence of the very severe cyclonic storm (SIDR), adverse weather
conditions with isolated heavy rains and squally wind are likely to pour over Orissa coast from Thursday morning,” the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre said in its report.