Bhubaneswar: With a possible low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre has issued heavy rainfall alert for several parts of Odisha till July 25. 

As per MeT, a fresh low pressure area is likely to form over north Bay of Bengal around 24th July, 2025. 

Even before the system takes shape, widespread rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms is likely to affect several districts across the state, starting from today and continuing over the next week.

July 19 (yellow warning): Heavy Rain  and Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Kandhamal. 

Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Bargarh,  Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul,Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Nawarangpur, Malkangiri. 

July 20 (yellow warning): Heavy Rain  and Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, 
Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nawarangpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar.

Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh,  Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul,  Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, 
Bolangir. 

July 21 (yellow warning): Heavy Rain  and Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam. 

Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of    Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nawarangpur , Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul,  Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj.

July 22 (yellow warning): Heavy Rain  and Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri,Koraput,Kalahandi,Nawarangpur,Nuapada, Mayurbhanj. 

Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh,  Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul,  Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Sonepur, Boudh, Bolangir,  Kandhamal, Rayagada, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati.

July 23 (orange warning): Heavy to Very Heavy Rain and Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of  Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar. 

Yellow warning: Heavy Rain  and Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very 
likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput. 

Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh,  Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nawarangpur, Malkangiri.

July 24 (orange warning): Heavy to Very Heavy Rain very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Odisha.  

July 25 (orange warning): Heavy to Very Heavy Rain very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Odisha.