Bhubaneswar, Feb 4: Under the influence western disturbance some places of north Odisha and a few regions of south coastal districts hit with light to moderate rainfall and thunderstorm on Friday.
Several places in Mayurbhanj district received rainfall today morning. Due to heavy downpours Similipal National Park in the district has been closed on 4th Feb’ for visitors. The national park authorities have tweeted this on their website.
Attention Visitors!
Due to prevalent weather conditions and high rainfall, keeping in view of the #safety of visitors, the #DayTourism inside #Similipal has been #suspended #today 04.02.22 @DM_Mayurbhanj @spmayurbhanj @odisha_tourism @PCCFWL_Odisha @PIBBhubaneswar @ANI pic.twitter.com/EuVLd2kq6J— Similipal North (@SimilipalNorth) February 4, 2022
As per the Yellow Warning issued by the weather office on Thursday, thunderstorm with lightning is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sanibalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Khordha, Puri in the next 24 hours till Saturday morning.
Besides, hailstorm is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak and Balasore.
The weather office has predicted impact of the inclement weather on agriculture and advised farmers to take measures to shift their harvest accordingly.
