Bhubaneswar: Amid the prevail heatwave conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued light to moderate rain/thundershower with lightning warning for 5 districts of Odisha, including Bhubaneswar, till 4.20 pm on Wednesday.
The yellow warning has been issued for Khurda (including Bhubaneswar), Ganjam, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Kandhamal, and Dhenkanal. People have been advised to keep a watch on the weather and accordingly move to safer places to protect from lightning strikes.
The weather agency has forecast heatwave to severe heatwave in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, and Boudh. Heatwave conditions may also prevail in Deogarh, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Balangir, Kalahandi, Sonepur, Nuapada, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Khurda, Nayagarh, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Gajapati, and Rayagada during the day. There is also warning for hot and humid weather in Koraput, Puri, and Ganjam districts.
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