Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which earlier on Wednesday termed reports on Cyclone Sitrang as rumours and clarified that there is no forecast for a cyclone in the next seven days and threat for Odisha, has forecast thunderstorm with lightning in several districts of the state for the next thre
e days.
“A cyclonic circulation formed over the north Andaman Sea yesterday. The system will move west-northwestwards and will weaken gradually. There is a likelihood of formation of another similar system around October 17-18,” IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra told a local channel.
He said the fresh system is likely to move west-northwestward towards the southern part of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. “As per our analysis, there are no chances of intensification of the system into a cyclone,” he said.
Forecast for next five days:
