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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a red alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in several districts of Odisha in view of deep depression over northwest Bay of Bengal.
The red alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall has been issued for the districts of Ganjam, Kadhamal, Nayagarh, Khordha, Bolangir, Boudh and Puri.
An orange warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Cuttack, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Sonepur, Bargarh, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Gajapati, and Sambalpur, said IMD.
As per IMD, the deep depression is very likely to move nearly northwestwards and cross Odisha coast near Puri during the next three hours today.
Continuing to move further north-westwards across Odisha, it is likely to maintain its intensity of deep depression till evening and weaken gradually into a depression by midnight of today.
Thereafter, it is likely to move west-northwestwards across Chhattisgarh during the subsequent 24 hours, said IMD.
Squally weather with wind speed reaching 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph is prevailing over Northwest and adjoining Northeast and Central Bay of Bengal and along and off Odisha coast and is likely to continue till noon today.
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