With the formation of a low-pressure area (LPA) in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted heavy rainfall in different parts of Odisha. The LPA is very likely to further intensify in the next 24 hours and under its influence, heavy rainfall is likely to occur over the next day.

South Odisha, north Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are also likely to experience heavy rainfall, it said.

Meanwhile, Odisha has received extremely heavy rainfall in four places and heavy rainfall in 16 places.

The places where extremely heavy rainfall has been recorded as of 8:30 am on Wednesday, September 13, were: Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district (156.4 mm), Daringbadi in Kandhamal district (128 mm), Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district (117 mm), Atabira in Bargarh district (116 mm), Tikabali in Kandhamal district (114 mm) and Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district (102 mm).

Earlier, the IMD had issued a red alert of scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm) with isolated extremely heavy (over 20cm) in the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Bolangir and Kandhamal by Wednesday morning.

It had also issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm) to occur at one or two places in the districts of Nuapada, Sonepur, Boudh, Nayagarh, Khordha, Puri, Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada.

Similarly, for Wednesday from 8:30 am to the same time on Thursday, the IMD issued a red warning of scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm) with isolated extremely heavy (over 20 cm) in the districts of Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Nayagarh, Boudh, Sonepur, Kandhamal, and Ganjam.

It also issued an orange alert of heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm) to occur at one or two places over the districts of Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Khordha, Puri, Gajapti, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bolangir, Bargarh, and Sambalpur on Wednesday.

For Thursday 8:30 am until Friday 8:30 am, the IMD has issued an orange alert warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 -20 cm) at a few places over the districts of Koraput, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Gajapati, and Ganjam.