Bhubaneswar, Aug. 9 -- The well marked low pressure area over the northwest adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal off south Odisha and adjoining north Andhra Pradesh coasts has intensified into a depression, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.

Under the impact of the system, widespread rainfall has occurred in several districts of the State in the past 24 hours.

The weather office has issued Red Warning for four districts- Bargarh, Sambalpur, Angul and Keonjhar.

"Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at a few places (7 to 20cm) with extremely heavy rainfall (>20cm) at isolated places over the districts of Bargarh, Sambalpur, Angul and Keonjhar," the weather office said in its bulletin.

Similarly, Orang...