Bhubaneswar, Oct. 3 -- A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around October 9, predicted the IMD today.

The deep depression over the coastal Odisha has weakened into a depression and lay centered over the interior Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh, said the IMD in its weather bulletin.

The system is very likely to move initially north-northwestwards across interior Odisha and then northwards across north Chhattisgarh and weaken gradually into a well-marked low pressure during next 24 hours, it added.

"There is also likelihood of development of a fresh cyclonic circulation/low pressure area over North Bay of Bengal around October 9," said the IMD.

Several districts in Odisha may witness heavy rainfall till ...