Heavy rain lashed parts of Odisha, including the state capital Bhubaneswar, as the low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a ‘well-marked system’ Friday morning, with the state government geared up to tackle the situation, officials said.

According to a morning bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the low-pressure area has intensified into a ‘well-marked system’ and may develop into a depression over the next 24 hours.

“It is very likely to cross the south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts in the morning of September 27,” the IMD said.

Under its influence, the entire state will receive heavy rainfall, with the IMD issuing an ‘Orange Alert’ (be updated) of extremely heavy rainfall for the districts of Koraput and Malkangiri. All the districts in

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