Rain, thunderstorm likely in Odisha; yellow alert for 16 districts
The weatherman on Sunday has issued a yellow warning of thunderstorm, gusty winds and lightning for sixteen district of Odisha.
According to the IMD bulletin, light to moderate rain or thundershower is likely to occur at one or two places in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Kandhamal, Boudh, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Puri, Khurda, Ganjam, Gajapati and Nayagarh districts due to the impact of western disturbances.
Yellow alert has been issued for 6 districts Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur districts for tomorrow. Yesterday there was stormy rain in different parts of the state. Some parts of the districts including Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Bargarh, Balangir, Koraput, Rayagada, Nayagarh and Kandhamal witnessed heavy rain with lightning.
Several places in Odisha have experienced rain and thundershowers during the past two days. Some places have received heavy rainfall and experienced hailstorms along with the high-speed wind. In some places, the wind speed was from 40 kmph to 80 kmph.
IMD has forecast light to moderate rain with thundershowers at various places in coastal Odisha on Sunday too.
Meanwhile, the capital city Bhubaneswar and its neighbouring Cuttack experienced the first rainfall and thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind of the year on Saturday.
Rain and thunderstorms occurred at several places in Sambalpur and Balangir districts. Lamtaput in the Koraput district recorded 68.2 mm of rainfall. The weather might change on 21st March.
