on july 19, an upper level cyclonic circulation lay over the north-eastern bay of bengal and parts of gangetic west bengal and odisha. over the next day an area of low pressure formed, under the influence of this cyclonic circulation and rapidly concentrated into a depression during july 21, over odisha and west bengal. over the next couple of days the system moved westwards, before it weakened into an area of low pressure during july 23 over northwest madhya pradesh. the area of low pressure subsequently merged with the monsoon during july 25, while the cyclonic circulation persisted over rajasthan and punjab, before it was last noted during july 31. under the influence of the depression, heavy to extremely heavy rainfall was recorded in the states of odisha, chhattisgarh, madhya pradesh and vidarbha. in odisha a total of 12 people lost their lives, while around of crops were affected and 1351 houses were damaged.