<span style="color: #222222;">Many parts of Odisha experienced cold with mercury dipping below 15 degree celsius in at least 12 places during the last 24 hours.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''While the minimum temperature of 9 degree Celsius was recorded in Daringibadi in Phulbani district, the state capital Bhubaneswar recorded 16 degree Celsius.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''AIR correspondent reports, besides coldwave, the significant drop in temperature has also ushered in dense fog in some parts of the state.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Districts like Pulbani and Sundargarh witnessed a cloud of fog cutting visibility down below hundred metres.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Other areas too experienced low visibility early in the day today due to the drop in temperature.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Meanwhile, the Bhubaneswar-based meteorological Centre has predicted heavy rainfall in at least four south Odisha districts like Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Gajapati on Thursday next, even as the cyclonic storm NIVAR  over South-West Bay of Bengal faces likely intensification into a severe cyclonic storm and cross the Tamilnadu and Puducherry coast by afternoon tomorrow.</span><br />