Several district administrations in the State have been alerted in view of the IMD predicting heavy rainfall in the next few days due a fresh low pressure area that is likely to form over the east central Bay of Bengal by Monday.
Squally weather with a wind speeds reaching 40-50 Kmph are also likely to prevail over the central Bay of Bengal between October 19 and 23.
“A cyclonic circulation lies over east-central Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood between 2.1 km and 5.8 km above mean sea level.
Under its influence, a low pressure area is very likely to develop over the same region during the next 24 hours. It is likely to become more marked during the subsequent 24 hours,” said the IMD Regional Office.
Under the influence of the system, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at several districts of Odisha in the next few days.
The weather office forecasted heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Ganjam and Gajapati.