Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow warning for several Odisha districts, predicting thunderstorms with heavy rain and gusty winds in the next few days.
Here’s a breakdown of the forecast:
Day 1 (June 25): Thunderstorms with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph, and heavy rain are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Boudh, Sonepur, Rayagada, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack and Gajapati.
Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam.
Day 2 (June 25-26): Thunderstorms with lightning, with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and heavy to very heavy rain are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore and Keonjhar. These districts have been issued orange warnings.
Thunderstorms with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and heavy rain are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul and Dhenkanal. These districts are under yellow alert.
Thunderstorms with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati.
Day 3 (June 26-June 27): Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and heavy to very heavy rain is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj. These districts are under orange alerts.
Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and heavy rain is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Dhenkanal, Angul, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Deogarh. The regional weather office has issued yellow alerts to these districts.
Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati. These districts are under yellow alert.
Day 4(June 27-28): Heavy rain is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Gajapati. These districts have been issued yellow alerts.
Day 5 (June 28-29): Heavy rain is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Koraput and Malkangiri. These districts are under yellow alerts.
