Bhubaneswar/Sundargarh: The regional center of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here has issued an orange alert for heavy rain in 12 districts of Odisha on Wednesday. According to the weather office, Odisha experienced ‘kalbaisakhi’ today.
Five Odisha districts are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall today, the IMD predicted. It further predicted that thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface wind speeds reaching 30-40 kmph are very likely to occur at one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Gajapati, Ganjam, Khurdha, Nayagarh, and Puri.
Similarly, heavy rain (7cm to 11cm) is likely at one or two places in Khurdha, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, and Nayagarh.
The IMD has also issued a yellow warning for seven districts including Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, and Mayurbhanj.
Meanwhile, constant overnight rain disrupted normal life in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, Khurdha, Nayagarh, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Ganjam, and Kandhamal districts on Wednesday.
In several places, trees were uprooted causing extensive damage due to the Norwester. Many districts have been experiencing heavy rainfall since Tuesday causing waterlogging.
Rainwater entered the blood bank in Sundargarh District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). Almost 6 inches of stagnant water affected the activities of the hospital. It has been raining incessantly for three days in Sundargarh.
The weather is likely to change from Thursday, the IMD said.
