**Bhubaneswar:** The Regional Meteorological Centre has forecasts thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and rain at 21 districts of Odisha today.
As per the prediction, lightning and rain is likely to lash Ganjam, Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Nayagarh, Deogarh, Angul, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal, Boudh, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundergarh and Kendrapara districts.
The bulletin has further warned people in these districts to take shelter in nearby building or other safety locations and not to venture out.