Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a red warning for Odisha on October 2, coinciding with Dussehra festivities.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy falls along accompanied by thunderstorm/ lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph is likely in the districts of Jagatsinghpur and Puri under the influence of the well-marked low pressure over westcentral Bay of Bengal expected to concentrate into a Depression during the next 12 hours and intensify further into a deep depression, crossing South Odisha- North Andhra Pradesh coasts during the early hours of October 3. ADVERTISEMENT

Orange warning of isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall along with thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50

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