‘Orange Alert’ Issued As Odisha Braces For Thunderstorms Till April 12

Bhubaneswar: The advisory level for Odisha and West Bengal will be upgraded to orange alerts with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting isolated to scattered rain, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds reaching up to 30-40 kmph from April 8 to 12.

“Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand will retain the yellow watches,” The Weather Channel reported.

The report attributed the conditions to the combination of a trough in westerlies and a cyclonic circulation located over Jharkhand and adjoining North Chhattisgarh—both of which will be supported by the incursion of moisture from the Bay of Bengal.

Here’s the current forecast for Odisha

April 8

Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Gajapati, Ganjam, Khurda, Puri, Nayagarh, Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Dhenkanal, Angul, Sundargarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.

Yellow Warning

Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places in Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Gajapati, Ganjam, Koraput, Malkangiri and Kandhamal.

April 9

Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at a few places in  Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Dhenkanal and Rayagada.

Yellow Warning

Thunderstorm with lightning accompanied by hail and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada and Kendrapada.

April 10

Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at a few places in Kandhamal, Rayagada, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Khurda, Boudh, Puri, Cuttack, Koraput, Malkangiri and at one or two places over the rest districts of coastal Odisha, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Angul, Dhenkanal, Deogarh and Sundargarh districts.

Yellow Warning

Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places in Kandhamal, Rayagada, Khurda, Cuttack, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Boudh, Puri, Koraput, Malkangiri, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.

April 11

Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Interior Odisha, Gajapati and Balasore.

Yellow Warning

Thunderstorm with lightning accompanied by hail and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places in Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Boudh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul and Nabarangpur.

April 12

Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at one or two places in Koraput, Malkangiri, Nawarangpur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Balangir, Boudh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.

Yellow Warning

Thunderstorm with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places in Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Balangir and Gajapati.