<span style="color: #222222;">A large part of Odisha continues to remain overcast with sporadic rains as an aftermath of the depression over the Bay of Bengal. While the deep depression has already weekend into a depression, several districts of the state have been lashed with heavy rainfall during the last 24 hours.<br />'' <br />''With the depression weakening further, rainfall in Odisha too has calmed down today. While the rainfall was heavy to very heavy in a number of districts with Ganjam recording the highest rainfall of more than 48 mm  yesterday, it's only light to moderate in intensity today.<br />''<br />''The Regional Meteorological Centre has predicted thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall at one or two places in as many as 22 districts out of 30, including the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.<br />''<br />''People in these districts have been ed against lightning which has already killed two persons including a woman in the Nayagarh district yesterday. The weather forecast holds good till 1430 hours today.</span>