By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The well-marked low-pressure area over south coastal Odisha and neighbourhood is now seen as a low-pressure area over north Odisha and neighbourhood.
Under the influence of the low-pressure area over north Odisha and strong monsoon flow, squally weather with gusty surface wind speed reaching 45 to 55 kmph very likely over sea off Odisha coast adjoining west-central and north-west Bay of Bengal till July 16.
As per the Regional Office of the India Meteorological Department(IMD) here on Thursday heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at several parts of the State in the next 24 hours.
Issuing an Orange warning, the weather office said heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Bargarh, Sambalpur and Nuapada.
Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at isolated places over Baleswar, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Khorda, Puri, Boudh, Angul, Deogarh, Sundargarh and Jharsuguda districts , the IMD said issuing a Yellow warning.
