Thunderstorm warning issued for 10 Odisha districts

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm accompanied with hail and gusty surface wind is likely to lash as many as ten districts of Odisha today between 3.45 pm and 7.45 pm, the local meteorological centre predicted.

The concerned districts are Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Rayagada, Koraput, Gajapati, Angul, Dhenkanal and Jajpur.

“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 Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Rayagada, Koraput, Gajapati, Angul, Dhenkanal and Jajpur between 3.45 pm and 7.45 pm,” a bulletin of the meteorological centre said.