Odisha is likely to witness heavy rain for three days from October 27 as a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression Saturday, IMD said.

The weather office issued ‘orange’ (be prepared to take action) and ‘yellow’ (be aware) warnings for several districts of the state.

India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest statement, said the well-marked low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal “moved nearly westwards and concentrated into a depression and lay centred about 420 kilometres west-southwest of Port Blair and 1,040 kms south-southeast of Gopalpur (Odisha)”.

“It is likely to move west-north-westwards and intensify further into a deep depression by Sunday and into a cyclonic storm over the southwest and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal by

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