The well-marked low pressure area over the north-west adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal off the south Odisha and adjoining north Andhra Pradesh coasts has intensified into a depression, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday.
Under the impact of the system, widespread rainfall has occurred in several districts of the State in the past 24 hours.
The weather office has issued Red warning for Bargarh, Sambalpur, Angul and Keonjhar districts.
“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 Bargarh, Sambalpur, Angul and Keonjhar,” the IMD said.
Similarly, Orange warning (heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) has been issued for the districts of Subarnapur, Balangir, Boudh, Deogarh, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur.
The weather office also issued Yellow warning for 12 districts. “Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Khordha, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nawarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, and Rayagada,” it said.
As per the IMD, Koshagumuda of Nabarangpur district recorded highest rainfall of 161.0 mm in the last 24 hours.
As many as eight stations in the State recorded very heavy rainfall while 44 stations recorded heavy rainfall.