Heavy rainfall continued to drench Odisha on Thursday, October 2, 2025, as a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression. This weather phenomenon is steadily moving towards the coast, prompting the State government to activate emergency response teams and equipment in vulnerable districts to mitigate potential impacts, officials confirmed.
Since Wednesday, October 1, 2025, most areas of Odisha, particularly the coastal and southern regions, have experienced significant downpours. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a comprehensive heavy rain alert covering all 30 districts of the state for Thursday.
According to an IMD statement, the deep depression that formed on Wednesday night is tracking towards the coast at a speed of 17 kilometers per hour. As of 5:30 AM on Thursday, the system was located approximately 190 km south-southeast of Gopalpur, 190 km east-southeast of Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, 230 km south of Puri (Odisha), 250 km east of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), and 310 km south-southwest of Paradip (Odisha).
The IMD anticipates that this system will cross the Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh coasts, specifically between Gopalpur and Paradip, by the night of October 2. Weather experts define a depression of this nature as a stage that follows a well-marked low-pressure area and precedes a full-fledged cyclonic storm, typically characterized by intense rainfall and strong, gusty winds.
In response to the escalating threat, the national weather agency has issued a ‘red warning’ for Puri and Jagatsinghpur districts, predicting rainfall exceeding 20 cm. An ‘orange warning,’ indicating 7 cm to 20 cm of rain, is in effect for 14 districts, while the remaining 14 districts are under a ‘yellow warning’ for 7 cm to 11 cm of rain.
Considering the IMD’s forecast, the Odisha government has instructed all district Collectors to strategically deploy personnel and machinery in areas identified as susceptible to water-logging, flash floods, and landslides. Furthermore, an advisory has been issued to fishermen, strongly recommending against venturing into the sea along and off the Odisha coast until October 3.
The weather bulletin also highlighted that under the influence of the deep depression, squally wind speeds of 40-50 kmph, gusting up to 60 kmph, are highly probable over the central and adjacent north Bay of Bengal on October 1. These wind speeds are expected to intensify to 55-65 kmph, with gusts reaching 75 kmph, over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal from noon on October 2 until the early morning of October 3. The IMD has also advised all ports in the state to hoist ‘Local Cautionary Signal No-III’ (LC-3).