Odisha weather alert: 16 dists likely to experience thunderstorm, rain

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm and rainfall are likely to lash as many as 16 districts of Odisha today, the Regional Meteorological Centre forecasted.

The districts are Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada, Nuapada, Balangir, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Malkangiri and Bargarh.

Thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall are likely to occur over one or two places over Jajpur, Bhadrak, Malkangiri and Bargarh between 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm and rest of the districts between 3.15 pm and 7.15 pm, a bulletin of the Meteorological Centre said.