Heavy Rain To Continue For 2 Days In Odisha: Orange Warning By IMD For 5 Dists

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain is likely to continue in several parts of Odisha for the next two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.

Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in most parts of the state for the next one week.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) may lash some places in Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Boudh, Sonepur, and Sambalpur districts on Thursday.

The Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar issued an orange warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Deogarh, and Sundargarh during the next 24 hours.

Similarly, yellow warning was issued for several districts. Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Sonepur, Nuapada, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Balangir during the period.

Yellow Warning (Be updated) Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm)very likely to occurat one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Bargarh .