The low pressure now lies as a well-marked one over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal off Odisha and adjoining north Andhra Pradesh coasts, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday.
As per IMD’s Regional Office here, the system is likely to concentrate into a depression during the next 48 hours. Subsequently, the system is likely to move west-northwestwards across Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Under its influence heavy rainfall would lash several parts of the State till July 11.
The weather office has issued a Red warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at a few places (7 to 20cm) with extremely heavy rainfall (>20cm) at isolated places over the districts of Kalahandi and Rayagada in the next 24 hours.
As per IMD, several parts of the State experienced heavy to very heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours. Barmul of Nayagarh district recorded the highest rainfall of 229.4 mm, followed by 180.3mm of rainfall in Padmapur of Rayagada district.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) is very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Khordha, Puri, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, and Koraput on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Sambalpur, Bargarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Subarnapur, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Kendrapada with extremely heavy rainfall (>20cm) at isolated places over the districts of Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh and Keonjhar.
Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Boudh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Nayagarh, the IMD said.