IMD Issues Thunderstorm Warning For Odisha In Next 24 Hours

Bhubaneswar: Most parts of the south-coastal and north Odisha will experience nor’wester in the next 24 hours, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned on Sunday.

According to an IMD bulletin, under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over Bihar and neighbourhood and a trough stretching from Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim to north interior Odisha, there will be thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph at one or two places in the coastal districts in the south and north and some parts of interior north Odisha.

Apart from this, the IMD also issued thunder squall warning with wind speed reaching 50-60 kmph for seven districts and advised the people to stay on alert and move to safer places as there will be minor damage to loose and unsecured structures. Apart from this, there will be minor damage to the standing crops and banana trees.

The condition will prevail for four days till May 5.

In view of the nor’wester, the IMD has issued yellow and orange warning for the following districts.

May 2
(Yellow warning)
Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Gajapati and Nayagarh.

May 3
(Orange warning)
Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack and Dhenkanal.

(Yellow warning)
Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Nayagarh, Puri, Ganjam, Gajapati, Angul, Kandhamal, Boudh, Rayagada, Malkangiri and Koraput.

Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of  Nabarangpur, Malkangiri and Koraput.

May 4
(Yellow Warning)
Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Khurda, Nayagarh, Puri, Gajapati, Ganjam, Mayurbhanj, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Malkangiri and Koraput.

Heavy rainfall likely at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Gajapati, Ganjam, Malkangiri and Rayagada

May 5
(Yellow Warning)
Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Boudh, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Gajapati, Ganjam and Nayagarh.

May 6
(Yellow Warning)

Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Nayagarh.

On the other hand, there will be no large change in the heat wave condition in most parts of western Odisha due to the weakening of the cyclonic circulation over northeast Madhya Pradesh and neighbourhood and a trough stretching from the northeast Madhya Pradesh and neighbourhood to central parts of West Bengal across Jharkhand.

Bhubaneswar had recorded a maximum of 39 degree Celsius on the day with the IMD predicting a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of moderate rain or thunderstorm.