Bhubaneswar, Aug 17: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued heavy rainfall alert across several parts of Odisha over the next few days following the formation of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal.

According to the IMD's latest bulletin, the low-pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal off northern Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha coasts at 8.30 a.m. on Sunday and is likely to concentrate into a depression during subsequent 24-hours and cross south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts around morning on August 19.

Under the influence of the system, heavy rainfall is expected to lash several areas of the state, particularly in the southern region.

An orange warning predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall along with thunderstorm is likely to occur at one or two places over the southern Odisha districts including Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajapati.

Similarly, a yellow warning of heavy rainfall has also been issued by the weather agency for districts of Ganjam, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur districts.

The IMD has issued a red warning alerting about extremely heavy rain fall at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur on Monday.

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