The twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar experienced intense spells of rains since morning on Saturday under influence of a low-pressure area over coastal Odisha.
This threw normal life out of gear in the two cities.
"Intense spells of rain continued over several parts of the twin-city areas of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It may cause temporary waterlogging in low lying as well as underpass areas," tweeted the IMD.
As per the Regional Office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here, moderate to heavy rainfall would continue in several parts of the State
As per the IMD, Balianta in Khordha district recorded 86 mm of rainfall, followed by Balipatana (95.5 mm), Chilika )85mm) and Bhubaneswar airport (49.1mm) rainfall by 8:30 am on the day.
Earlier, the IMD had issued an orange warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall in several parts of the State including Cuttack.
A yellow alert was also issued for the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Jagatsinghpur, Khordha, Puri, Nayagarh, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Baleswar, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Kandhamal and Boudh.