Bhubaneswar, Aug. 18 -- Several parts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy rainfall over the next four days, as a well-marked low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a depression, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The system has developed over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, near the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts.
It is likely to move west-northwestwards, concentrate into a depression within the next 12 hours, and cross the south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts around the forenoon of August 19.
The IMD has issued Red, Orange, and Yellow alerts for several districts of Odisha, forecasting light to moderate rain or thundershowers at many places...