Odisha has shut schools in several districts and put 11 district collectors on high alert as a weather system over the Bay of Bengal moves towards the coast. India Meteorological Department has warned of heavy to very heavy rain and squalls of up to 75 kmph over the next two days.
The system is currently a depression, sitting around 220 km from Gopalpur in Odisha and 320 km from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. It is expected to strengthen into a deep depression within 12 hours.
