IMD Issues Orange Warning for 12 Dists in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an Orange warning for hailstorms in over 12 districts in Odisha.

Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and hailstorms are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh, Jajpur, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore and Kendrapara, the IMD predicted and issued Orange Warning for these districts.

#Warning for Day-1
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— Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar (@mcbbsr) March 21, 2023

Thunderstorms with lightning are very likely to prevail at one or two places over the districts of Kandhamal, Puri, Ganjam, Khurda, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Kalahandi, Jagatsinghpur, Sonepur, Boudh, Bolangir and Nuapada, the IMD forecasted and issued Yellow Warning for these districts.

Temperature Forecast: Maximum temperature (day temperature) is very likely to rise gradually by 2-4 degree Celsius during the next 3 days and no large change thereafter.