A fresh low pressure area formed over the south Andaman Sea and adjoining Thailand coast on Saturday morning. Under its impact various parts of Odisha would witness rainfall.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall would occur in some parts of Khordha, Puri, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Gajapati, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts on Saturday and Sunday, the Regional Office of the IMD here said.
Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Ganjam and Gajapati on November 17, the IMD said.
Squally wind with speed of 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph is likely over the west-central area adjoining east Bay of Bengal during November 16 to 18 and commence, along and off Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts from November 17.
The weather office advised fishermen not to venture into deep sea areas of west-central Bay of Bengal during November 16 to 18 and along and off south Odisha coasts on November 17 and 18.
In the last 24 hours, eight places in the State received more than 100 mm rainfall. Chhatrapur in Ganjam district recorded the highest 137.6 mm rainfall followed by Aska 135.2 mm, Puri 124 mm , Belaguntha 123.3 mm, Bhanjanagar 119 mm, Digapahandi 119 mm, Banpur 107 mm and Gopalpur 100.4 mm.