Several districts in Odisha may witness heavy rainfall till 7th of this month. The Indian Meteorological Department (lMD) in it's latest bulletin has said that the monsoon trough at the mean sea level continues to run along the foothills of the Himalayas.

The cyclonic circulation over northeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood persists and now extends up to 5.8 km above mean sea level. A low pressure area is likely to form over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal during next 36 hours. The IMD has also issued yellow warning to several districts of Odisha for the likely heavy rainfall.