Bhubaneswar: The IMD has issued yellow warning with forecast of thunderstorm and gusty surface wind of 30-40 kmph in next 24 hours for 15 districts of Odisha.
The regional centre of India Meteorologica Department (IMD), in its evening bulletin on Thursday, said the trough/wind discontinuity from west Vidarbha to north Tamil Nadu across Marathwada and interior Karnataka extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level persisted.
Issuing yellow warning for the 15 districts, the IMD said thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph are very likely to occur at one or two places in Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Cuttack, Nayagarh, Khurda, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada and
Koraput.
The districts of Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati and Mayurbhanj are also likely to experience hailstorm, it added.
The Met office also forecast that light to moderate rain or thunderstorm is very likely to occur at a few places over
the districts of Odisha.
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