Weather Alert: Thunderstorm & Lightning To Strike Keonjhar & Mayurbhanj

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological department has predicted thunderstorm with lightning at one or two places over Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.

Orange warning has been issued for the two districts which are likely to witness gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph and hailstorm, stated the IMD bulletin.

North coastal and south coastal Odisha are also likely to experience thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph. The alert has been issued for Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts.

Similar weather activity has been predicted for the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore,
Rayagada and Kandhamal from May 14 morning to May 15.

The rest of Odisha is likely to remain dry or experience partly cloudy weather.