Weather Update: IMD Issues Thunder Alert For 19 Odisha Districts

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department has predicted thunderstorm for 19 districts of Odisha today.

Issuing a yellow warning the IMD stated in  its mid-day bulletin that thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph is likely to occur over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak,
Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh,
Ganjam, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Angul, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri

Heavy rainfall is also likely to occur at one or two places in Gajapati, Mayurbhanj and Balasore districts.

The forecast for the next four days is as follows:

May 5
(Yellow Warning)

Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph to occur in Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Koraput, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Balasore,
Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati.

May 6

Yellow warning for the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada,Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Kandhamal.

May 7

Yellow warning issued for Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nuapada,
Nawarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput and Rayagada districts.

While there will be no large change in temperature, the IMD said a marked fall in maximum temperature was observed at one or two places over the districts of North Interior Odisha, appreciable fall at a few places over the districts of Interior Odisha, at one or two places over the districts of North Coastal Odisha and no large change at elsewhere over the districts of Odisha.