Thundershower & Lightning Likely In Cuttack City & 12 Odisha Dists This Afternoon

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) here on Sunday issued nowcast warning for 12 districts of Odisha, including Cuttack city, till 5 pm.

Light to moderate rain/Thundershower with lightning is likely in some parts of Keonjhar, Jajpur, Dhenkanl, Cuttack (including Cuttack city), Khurda, Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal. Nayagarh, Rayagada, Kalahandi and Boudh districts in three hours.  People have been advised to keep a watch on the weather and accordingly move to safer places to protect themselves from lightning strikes.

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The IMD has also forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places in Odisha’s Koraput and Malkangiri districts. Heavy rain may also lash one or two places in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri and Khurda. There is also a forecast for thunderstorm with lightning at one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts.

Bhubaneswar may experience partly cloudy sky with possibility of moderate rain or thundershower.