Bhubaneswar: The cyclonic circulation has intensified into low pressure over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Friday.
The system is expected to move west-northwestwards and become more marked during the next 24 hours.
Already witnessing a series of wet spells, Odisha is likely to be lashed by heavy to very heavy rain in the next couple of days under the influence of this system. There is a warning for heavy rainfall at one or two places in Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Sambalpur, Deogarh and Bargarh districts during the next 24 hours.
Fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning is also likely during the next 5 days, it added.
