Regional centre of meteorological department on Wednesday issued a red alert predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall in one or two places in Durg division for the next 24 hours.
Heavy rainfall is also predicted in Raipur, Baloda Bazaar, Mahasamund Gariaband and Dhamtari districts.
Weather scientist of the regional centre, Raipur, Dr H.P. Chandra informed The Pioneer that a ‘deep depression’ better known as a ‘system’ has been formed in North West of Bay of Bengal which lies over Odisha at coastal area in Paradeep.
“It is very likely that it would move in north-west direction further and will cause heavy to very heavy rainfall in the state”, he said.
Apart from that there is also a yellow alert for the Kawardha, Bemetara, Bilaspur, Janjgir, Rajnandgaon, Balod and Kanker regions for next 24 hours where heavy rainfall is expected in one or two places, he said.