A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has triggered heavy rains in Odisha and West Bengal, with the India Meteorological Department issuing rain alerts in the states as the depression moves closer to the coast.

Odisha was particularly affected as widespread rain and waterlogging left one person dead and two people missing due to landslides, officials told news agency PTI . The intensity of the rain increased as the depression crossed the state’s coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district on Thursday evening.

The IMD said the deep depression over south coastal Odisha moved towards the coast with a speed of 10 kmph on Thursday and lay centred about 80 km near Gopalpur (Odisha), 130 km east of Bhawanipatra and 170 km north of Kalingapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).

(A) Deep Depression south Odish

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