The Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar has informed that a Low-Pressure Area has formed over the Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over the same region.
The temperature is also set to rise by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius in some places of Odisha from today and heatwave conditions are to prevail in some pockets of Odisha till March 18.
In the last 24 hours, temperature equal to and above 38 degrees Celsius has been recorded at 13 places in the State with the highest temperature of 39.7 degrees Celsius recorded in Angul.