Several parts of Odisha including capital Bhubaneswar have been experiencing moderate to heavy rainfall from the last 24 hours. As a result of the well-marked low pressure area over North Bay of Bengal, rainfall is likely to intensify in the next 48 hours as per the evening bulletin released by the met department today.<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports, Red warning indicating heavy to extremely heavy rainfall has been issued for as many as nine districts of Odisha for the next 24 hours. The districts are Baleshwar, Bhadrak ,Jajpur,&nbsp;Kendrapada, Jagatsingpur, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Dhenkanal.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''Red warning has also been sounded for another batch of 10 districts for Thursday including many districts of western Odisha. Apart from these, all the districts have been ed with either Orange or Yellow warning, forecasting rainfall of varying degree.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Consequent upon the possibility of squally weather with wind speed from 45 to 55 kmph both along and off the Odisha coast, fishermen have been advised against venturing into the sea till the next Thursday.</span><br />
News On AIR | August 25, 2020 9:11 PM
Rainfall likely to intensify in next 48 hours in Odisha; Red warning issued for several districts