Bhubaneswar: Several districts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy rainfall and lightning today under the impact of a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal.

"The Low Pressure Area over northwest Bay of Bengal off West Bengal-Odisha coast now lies over northwest Bay of Bengal & adjoining West Bengal-north Odisha coasts. It is likely to move west-northwestwards across North Odisha & South Jharkhand during next 2 days," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its morning bulletin today.

The Regional Meteorological Centre here has issued heavy rainfall and lightning warning for the following districts of Odisha for today.

Orange Warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Sonepur, Bolangir, Boudh, Sambalpur, Angul, Bargarh and Jharsuguda.

Yellow Warning: Heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Nuapada, Nabarangpur, Rayagada and Ganjam.

Thunderstorm with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Puri and Khurda.