IMD Predicts Yellow Warning For These 22 Odisha Districts

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Centre of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar has issued a yellow warning for 22 districts of Odisha.

The yellow warning will continue in the state for the next four days. The Meteorological Department has predicted that there will be rain and breeze in various districts till June 3.

In some places, the wind speed can reach 40-50 km per hour. There will be lightning and thunderstorm in districts including Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Rayagada, Kalahandi and Kandhamal. The wind speed in these districts will be between 40 and 50 km per hour.

Similarly, scattered lightning and rain are also expected in some areas of Cuttack, Khurda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Nayagarh, Dhenkanal, Angul, Gajapati, and Ganjam districts.

On the other hand, there is no possibility of any significant change in the daytime temperature in the state for the next 5 days, while the temperature is expected to remain above 42 degrees in most parts of Western Odisha. The western Odisha districts including Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Angul, Boudh, Sonpur, Balangir, Jharsuguda and Bargarh will continue to experience heat waves.