Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre has alerted five districts of Odisha to beware of thunderstorm today.

Moderate thunderstorm and lightning will lash in parts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Koraput, Nowrangpur and Rayagada as per the latest weather bulletin.

Wind gusting at 40 kmph is also likely in the said areas according to the forecast.

Such weather conditions will prevail between 4:30 pm and 7:30 pm today.

Furthermore, cyclonic storm FANI may trigger light to moderate rainfall at few places in south coastal Odisha on May 2 and heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over coastal Odisha from May 3, a bulletin of the IMD said.

Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is very likely to commence along & off Odisha coasts from May 2 and likely to become 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph from May 3 onwards, the bulletin added.