MeT issues thunderstorm warning for 14 districts in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm accompanied with hail and gusty surface wind is likely to lash as many as 14 districts of Odisha today between 3 pm and 7 pm, the local meteorological centre predicted.

The concerned districts are Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Khordha, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal.

“Latest doppler weather radar and satellite imageries indicate that thunderstorm accompanied with hail and gusty surface wind speed reaching 50 to 60 kmph likely to occur over the districts of Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Khordha, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal between 3 pm and 7 pm,” a bulletin of the meteorological centre said.