Bhubaneswar:The Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD) regional centre here issued thunderstorm alert for 19 districts of Odisha today.
The alert has been sounded for Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Kandhamal.
“Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over these districts,” the Meteorological Centre forecasted.
Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of north Odisha, Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhamal and at one or two places over the rest districts of Odisha, it said.
