India, Oct. 2 -- A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has triggered heavy rains over Odisha and West Bengal. As this depression moves in closer to the coast, the India Meteorological Department has issued a heavy rain alert for Odisha and West Bengal.

In Odisha, the IMD has said that the deep depression is set to cross the state's coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district in the evening, prompting the weather department to issue a red alert for extremely heavy downpour across seven districts, orange warning for 16 and yellow alert for the remaining seven districts.

As per officials, all parts of Odisha has received heavy rain since Wednesday, especially the coastal and southern regions of the state. Keeping in view the IMD warnings, th...