Bhubaneswar: In its latest weather bulletin on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated the Depression over the westcentral and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a Deep Depression.

The system moved west-northwestwards at a speed of about 7 kmph during the past six hours and lay centred at 5.30 pm on Tuesday over the same region.

According to the IMD, the system was located about 140 km east-southeast of Kalingapatnam, 150 km south-southeast of Gopalpur, 210 km south-southwest of Puri and 220 km east of Visakhapatnam.

The weather system is very likely to continue moving west-northwestwards and cross the north Andhra Pradesh-South Odisha coasts between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur as a Deep Depression by the night of September 23, 2026.

Meanwhile, the IMD has issued a red warning for several Odisha districts, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places, with extremely heavy rainfall at one or two places, in Rayagada, Koraput, Gajapati and Ganjam.

Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds reaching 50-60 kmph are also likely at one or two places in these districts.

An orange warning has been issued for Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Puri, Khordha and Nayagarh.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at one or two places in these districts, along with thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds reaching 50-60 kmph.

A yellow warning has been issued for Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Subarnapur and Boudh.

The IMD has forecast heavy rainfall at one or two places in these districts. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph are also likely at isolated places.

The IMD has also advised fishermen against venturing into the sea as the weather system is expected to bring rough conditions along the coast.