Under its influence, heavy rain is likely to lash Malkangiri, Koraput, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Khurda, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts in the next 24 hours.
Besides, several areas in the North Odisha districts would also receive moderate to heavy rainfall.
“The rainfall will increase in these 11 districts while the spell would be widespread in almost all parts of Odisha in the next 48 hours till August 20. The weather condition will improve from August 21,” Director, Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, HR Biswas said.
In view of the inclement weather conditions, fishermen are advised not to venture into deep sea in the north-west and the west-central Bay of Bengal as the sea condition would be very rough during the period, he added.
