IMD issues thunderstorm warning for 9 Odisha districts

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today issued thunderstorm warning for as many as nine districts of Odisha.

“Thunderstorm with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal, Balasore, Jajpur and Bhadrak,” it predicted.

Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nayagarh, Khurda, Puri and dry weather very likely to prevail over the rest districts of Odisha, it forecasted.

The agency further said that there will be no large change in maximum temperature (day temperature) over the districts of Odisha during the next 4-5 days.