Heavy rain lashed Odisha Thursday as a deep depression is set to cross the state’s coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district in the evening, prompting the IMD to issue red alert of extremely heavy downpour for seven districts, an orange alert for 16 and a yellow alert for the remaining seven districts, officials said.

Almost all parts of the state have received heavy rain since Wednesday, especially the coastal and southern regions.

In its latest bulletin, IMD said that the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal moved towards the coast with a speed of 18 kmph during the six hours before noon.

The system at 11.30 AM lay centred about 90 km south-southeast of Gopalpur (Odisha), 140 km east-northeast of Kalingapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 140 km south-southwest of Puri (Odisha), 230 km east-north

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