IMD issues red warning for heavy rainfall in 7 Odisha districts as depression to intensify into deep depression

The Meteorological Department's (IMD) regional centre in Bhubaneswar on Sunday issued a 'red warning' for heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in several Odisha districts in view of the further intensification of the depression into a deep depression.

The alert has been issued for the districts of Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Khordha, Nayagarh, Angul and Dhenkanal in the next 24 hours, informed Bhubaneswar Met centre Director Manorama Mohapatra.

As per Met department, yesterday’s well-marked low pressure area over northwest and central Bay of Bengal concentrated into a depression.

It is about 310 km east of Kalingapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 260 km east-southeast of Gopalpur(Odisha), 290 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha) and 410 km south of Digha (West Bengal).

It is very likely to move nearly northwestwards towards north Odisha-West Bengal coasts and intensify into a deep depression during next 24 hours. Thereafter, it is very likely to move west-northwestwards across north-Odisha-Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and adjoining north Chhattisgarh during subsequent two days.