Thunderstorm alert issued for 19 Odisha districts

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm alert has been issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre for 19 districts of Odisha today.

“Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Kandhamal,” the Meteorological Centre forecasted.

Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of north Odisha, Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhamal and at one or two places over the rest districts of Odisha, it said.

Temperature Forecast: No large change in maximum temperature (day temperature) during next 2 days and it is likely to rise by 2-3 degree Celsius thereafter at many places over the districts of interior Odisha.