WIRE — Amid heavy rains in other states, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday predicted heavy rains for the state and issued a high alert for several parts of the country, predicting "extremely heavy rainfall" over Odisha and enhanced monsoon activity across 22 states over the next 60 hours, triggered by the likely formation of a low-pressure area over the North Bay of Bengal.
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