Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a thunderstorm warning for seven Odisha districts from 4.30pm to 8.30pm.
Moderate thunderstorm, lightning with light rainfall and gusty wind speeds reaching 30-40 kmph are likely at one or two places over the districts of Nuapada, Balangir, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Gajapati, Nayagarh, and Ganjam, said the latest Met bulletin.
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The Met Department also predicted that the temperature was likely to rise by 2-3 degree Celsius across the state. No heat wave warning has been issued for specific districts.
Such conditions are likely to prevail during the next five days, the sources said.
