Thunderstorm, heavy rainfall warning for 15 Odisha districts

Bhubaneswar: Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar predicted thunderstorm and heavy rainfall for 15 districts across Odisha today.

The thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and heavy rainfall is likely to occur over the districts of Khordha, Puri, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Kalahandi and Malkangiri between 8.30 am and 12.30 pm, the Bhubaneswar MeT said in a release.

Meanwhile, the heavy rains in the past two days lashed parts of Odisha under influence of low pressure formed over the Bay of Bengal.