Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall is likely to occur in several districts of Odisha today under the impact of a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal.

The cyclonic circulation over northeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood now lies over north Bay of Bengal extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its morning bulletin today.

The Regional Meteorological Centre here has issued heavy rainfall warning for some districts of the state in connection with the system.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Deogarh, it forecasted.

Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Angul, Boudh, Kandhamal, Sonepur, Kalahandi, Bargarh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Nabarangpur and Koraput, it added.