11 Odisha dists likely to experience thunderstorm, rainfall

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm and rainfall are likely to lash as many as 11 districts of Odisha today, the Regional Meteorological Centre forecasted.

The districts likely to experience such weather conditions are Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Angul, Cuttack, Khurda, Nayagarh and Puri.

Moderate thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall are likely to occur at some places over the districts between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm, a bulletin of the Meteorological Centre said.

On the other hand, conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some parts of Odisha in the next 2-3 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.