The low pressure area over coastal areas of south OdishaÂ-north Andhra Pradesh and neighbourhood now lies over northwest Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast, said the Regional Office of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) here on Monday.
As per the IMD, the system is very likely to become more marked during next 48 hours.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur in different districts in the next couple of days. The IMD has issued an Orange warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) for some districts.
“Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) is very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Gajapati, Ganjam, Koraput, Rayagada and Malkangiri,”said the weather office.
Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) is very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Boudh, Nuapada, Jajpur, Nayagarh, Bhadrak, Balangir, Subarnapur Puri, Khordha and Baleswar, the IMD said.
Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) is very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Koraput, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Subarnapur, Bargarh, Balangir, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Deogarh and Angul, the weather office said.