Bhubaneswar: The Deep Depression over south Odisha and adjoining south Chhattisgarh has weakened into a Depression, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its 5:30 am bulletin on Friday.
The system moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph during the past six hours and lay centered at 05:30 am today over south interior Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh, near latitude 20.5°N and longitude 82.5°E, close to Nuapada (Odisha).
As per IMD, the centre is about 90 km west-northwest of Titlagarh, 100 km northwest of Bhawanipatna, 110 km east-northeast of Kanker (Chhattisgarh) and 120 km southeast of Raipur (Chhattisgarh). It is very likely to continue to move north-northwestwards and maintain its intensity of Depression during the next 12 hours and weaken into a well-marked low pressure area during the subsequent 12 hours.
The system is under continuous surveillance by the Doppler Weather Radars at Sambalpur and Raipur, IMD added.
