Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed the southern and western parts of Odisha Friday, owing to a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, the IMD said.
In a bulletin, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said very heavy rainfall was recorded at six stations, while 23 other places received heavy rain in the state.
The highest rainfall of 16 cm was recorded at Golamunda in Kalahandi district, followed by 14 cm each at Madanpur Rampur, Bhawanipatna, and Junagada, it said.
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The IMD has issued a warning for 12-20 cm rainfall in the districts of Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri till 8.30 am Saturday. An alert for heavy rainfall has also been sounded in Kandhamal, Ganjam, Rayagada, Gajapati, Balangir, Nuapada and Malkangiri for the day.
The bulletin stated that squally winds reaching speeds of 40-50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph, are likely to prevail over the north and central Bay of Bengal, along and off Bangladesh-West Bengal-Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh coasts during the next 48 hours.
Sea conditions are also likely to be rough to very rough over the north and central Bay of Bengal during the period, it added.