The Regional Office of the IMD here on Tuesday forecast heavy rains in several districts of the State in the next 24 hours.
Heavy rainfall is likely to lash several parts of Cuttack, Khordha, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh and Deogarh districts.
IMD Regional Director HR Biswas said already several parts have witnessed heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours with Birmaharajpur in Subarnapur recording the highest of 78.4 mm.
Biswas said the overall situation is likely to improve after next 24 hours while there would be a drop of two to three degrees Celsius in the minimum temperature.
Moreover, dense fog alert was issued for several districts including Dhenkanal, Sundergarh, Puri, Kandhamal and Kalahandi from February 27.