IMD Issues Red Alert as Low-Pressure System Brings Heavy Rainfall to Odisha

In Odisha, most parts of the state are experiencing heavy rainfall following the formation of a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for several districts of the state. The system is very likely to move westwards and concentrate into a depression over the northwest and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal off the south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coasts during the next 24 hours. It is very likely to cross the South Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh coasts around tomorrow morning. Odisha is likely to experience heavy rainfall till Sunday under the impact of the low-pressure system.