Bhubaneswar, June 25 (ANI) : Odisha has been witnessing heavy showers for the past 24 hours and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued an Orange warning to 13 districts in Odisha for another next 24 hours.
While speaking to ANI, Umashankar Das, a scientist at Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre of the IMD said, “In the last 24 hours, Odisha was experiencing continuous rains due to the formation of a low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and the state will face the maximum impact of the low-pressure area for the next 48 hours. We have issued an Orange warning to 13 districts, looking at the next 24 hours…A few coastal districts have been issued a Yellow warning…” He further said that the Sambalpur district recorded the highest rainfall in the state.
