Tag: lightning

Bhubaneswar: The regional meteorological centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued thunderstorm and lightning alert for 17 districts of Odisha on Friday. The alert has been sounded for Cuttack, Khurda, ...

Bhubaneswar: The regional meteorological centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued thunderstorm warning for nine districts of Odisha. The alert has been sounded for Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj,Gajapati, Kandhamal, Sonepur, Boudh, ...

Angul: Two persons were killed and another sustained critical injuries in lightning strikes in Angul district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Santilata Pradhan and Baisakhi Pradhan. The duo belongs to ...

Rourkela: Two persons were killed and 12 others sustained injuries due to lightning near Parba of Jharkhand along Odisha’s Sundargarh district on Monday. The incident took place at around 5 pm when a ...

Balasore/Jagatsinghpur: A farmer was killed while three students suffered grievous injuries in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Balasore and Jagatsinghpur districts on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mithun Boita, a resident ...

Balasore/Khurda/Nuapada/Subarnapur/Baripada: Fifteen persons were killed and as many sustained injuries in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Odisha on Friday. The first incident was reported from Balasore district, where two persons ...

Balasore/Khurda/Baripada: At least nine persons were killed and as many sustained injuries in separate lightning strikes in Odisha on Friday. The first incident was reported from Balasore district, where two persons died ...

Kendrapara: A woman and her daughter were killed while a minor boy and another woman sustained injuries in lightning in Mahakalapada area of Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Monday morning. As informed ...

Bhubaneswar: To bring down the lightning death toll in the state, the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) on Wednesday signed a MoU with Earth Networks, a US-based company, the largest global ...

Bhubaneswar: Expressing grave concern over the rise in lightning-related deaths in Odisha, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi on Monday announced the government’s decision to install lightning sensors in all ...