Bhubaneswar: The well-marked low-pressure area over northwest and adjoining central Bay of Bengal is expected to concentrate into a Depression off South Odisha- North Andhra Pradesh coasts during the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Friday.

The system is likely to cross South Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh coasts on Saturday morning, it added. ADVERTISEMENT

Under its influence, Odisha is likely to experience extremely heavy rainfall on Friday.

A red warning of very heavy rain with isolated extremely heavy spells accompanied by thunderstorm/ lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph has been issued for the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, and Kalahandi.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rain along with thunderstorm/lightn

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