Newsinc24 Team 
Odisha continues to reel under incessant rain triggered by a low-pressure system, with several north Odisha rivers rising and disrupting normal life. The IMD,in a bulletin issued at 8.30 pm, said, "The well-marked low-pressure area over coastal West Bengal and adjoining areas of Bangladesh and northwest Bay of Bengal, moved northwestwards, concentrated into a depression."
With large parts of the state still recovering from the previous floods and crop losses, the fresh spell of rain has heightened the flood and waterlogging threat. The Budhabalanga is rising rapidly following heavy rainfall in the upper catchments of Similipal, inundating houses and marooning villages and parts of Baripada town in Mayurbhanj. The Baitarani is flowing above the danger level at Patna and Anandapur in Keonjhar. Roads have been submerged and a bridge washed away in parts of Mayurbhanj, disrupting communication. The Water Resources Department has urged vigilance over the Salandi, Jalaka and Baitarani rivers.
#WATCH | Mayurbhanj, Odisha | Continuous heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours has triggered flooding in Mayurbhanj district, affecting areas including Baripada, Bangoriposi, Betnati, Udala, Kaptipada, and Badasahi. pic.twitter.com/V0QLBSmGva
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the weather office issued an ‘orange’ warning for four western districts of Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, and Sambalpur for Friday, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall. Similarly, a ‘yellow’ warning has been issued for nine districts of Balasore, Deogarh, Angul, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Subarnapur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, predicting heavy rainfall.
According to the Meteorological Centre (MC) in Bhubaneswar, the highest rainfall of 236 mm was recorded at Bhograi in Balasore district, followed by 230 mm at Shyamakhuntam, 215 mm at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district and 204 mm at Rajghat in Balasore district. Balasore town recorded the highest rainfall of 137 mm till 5.30 am on Thursday morning, while reports of very heavy rain were received from Similipal hills in Mayurbhanj.
Revenue Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said the situation worsened as the state witnessed back-to-back low pressure-induced rainfall in the last 12 days.“The flood situation emerging in the urban areas due to the rainfall is a matter of grave concern. While it poses a threat to the livelihood of city residents, the government’s inaction is causing even greater fear among the people,” BJD president Naveen Patnaik said in a social media post. “Odisha had earned a name for itself by firmly confronting major natural disasters day after day, yet this (BJP) government is failing even in managing rainwater in urban areas,” the leader of the opposition in Odisha Assembly said.
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