Bhubaneswar: The regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has issued a yellow warning for light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms for 18 districts for five days, starting Monday.
According to the IMD forecast, light to moderate rain or thundershowers are very likely to occur in a few places in several districts of Odisha.
For July 3 from 8:30 am to 8:30 am of July 4, IMD predicts “thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Angul, and Boudh. Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places in Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Kandhamal, and Nabarangapur districts.”
On July 4, from 8:30 am to 8:30 am of July 5, the IMD predicts “thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places in Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, and Bolangir districts. Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places in Nuapada, Nabarangapur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Gajapati, Malkangiri, Koraput, and Rayagada districts.”
From July 5, 8:30 am to 8:30 am on July 6, IMD forecasted heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Boudh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nawarangapur, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Koraput, and Cuttack
From July 6, 8:30 am to 8:30 am on July 7, IMD forecasted “Heavy Rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Rayagada, Nawarangapur, Kalahandi, Nuapada, and Bolangir.