Rain and thundershower would occur at a few places over south Odisha on Monday due to the effect of a depression which has formed off Sri lanka coast.
According to the local Met office, the rainfall might continue till January 2 and then it would gradually tone down. On Saturday, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra told that rain might occur in coastal, northern and southern Odisha from December 29 to January 1. The low pressure would likely to touch the southern coastal parts of the State on Monday, he added. The Met office sources said that weather would be dry over north Odisha. Cold wave condition may prevail at a few pockets over Odisha with severe cold wave at isolated pockets over interior Odisha, it added.