Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorms/ rain in some regions of Odisha on Thursday night brought the much-needed reprieve from the heatwave and hot and humid weather conditions in a few places of the state but the grueling conditions are expected to continue for another 48 hours, the regional center of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar said.
According to the weather office, monsoon had set over Odisha on June 8 and covered parts of Malkangiri district. Its progress, however, has been slow thereafter. Now, the weather conditions have become favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon into some more parts of the state.
While the IMD has predicted thunderstorms and rain in several Odisha districts on Friday, it has issued a yellow alert heatwave in three Odisha districts – Bargarh, Sonepur, and Boudh today. Similarly, it has forecast hot and humid weather conditions in the Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, and Sambalpur districts today.
Thunderstorms with lightning accompanied by gusty surface wind speeds reaching 30-40 kmph may occur at one or two places in Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Angul, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur, Kendrapara, Bolangir, Boudh, Nuapada, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, and Gajapati on Friday.
Thunderstorms with lightning accompanied by gusty surface wind speeds reaching 30-40 kmph may occur at one or two places in Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Angul, and Dhenkanal on June 15 and in Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nuapada, Balangir, Boudh, and Sonepur on June 16.
