Heavy rain is expected to pound north and south Odisha districts as the depression that has formed over the Gangetic West Bengal and the adjoining North Bay of Bengal has intensified into deep depression.
“Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places in districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Angul, Dhenkanal and Mayurbhanj and heavy rainfall at one or two places in districts of Subarnapur, Deogarh, Boudh, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur during the next 24 hours,” said the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre here on Monday.
Deep depression
According to the centre, the observations and satellite imagery indicated that the depression had intensified into deep depression which lay centred about 175 km north-east of Balasore and 300 km north-east of Paradip. Local cautionary signal Number Three was hoisted at the Paradip and Gopalpur Ports.
The met office has ruled out the possibility of the deep depression intensifying into cyclonic storm.