Red alert issued for four Odisha districts as deep depression brings rain risk

The India Meteorological Department has issued a red warning for four districts in Odisha as a deep depression threatens heavy rain. The districts named are Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri. Disaster-response forces have been put in place, according to the supplied report from The Hindu.

The weather department forecast heavy rain for the affected districts. The source material does not state the expected rainfall totals, the duration of the warning or whether flooding or other damage had already been reported. It also does not identify the response forces involved or provide details of evacuations.

The warning covers the four districts listed by the weather department.