Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar has issued a detailed weather advisory, forecasting a period of widespread rainfall and thunderstorms across Odisha over the next week.

The bulletin, issued at 1:00 PM IST on Tuesday, highlights the development of a significant weather system over the Bay of Bengal.

According to the IMD, a low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a “well-marked low pressure area” as of 8:30 AM today. The system, with an associated cyclonic circulation extending up to 7.6 km above sea level, is predicted to move west-northwestwards.

The weather system is expected to concentrate into a depression over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal by Wednesday afternoon (Oc

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