Rain to lash Odisha as IMD issues yellow warning for several districts

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow warnings for rain and thundershower for several districts of Odisha.

As per the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, rain and thunderstorm are likely to occur in different districts of the State for next couple of days. The IMD also predicted gusty winds with speeds reaching 40-50 Kmph per hour during this period of time.

Additionally, the Twin City of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar of Odisha are also likely to witness rainfall.

The yellow warning has been issued for districts including Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Angul, Dhenkanal and Deogarh. Additionally, light to moderate rain/thundershowers are very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of North Odisha, South coastal Odisha, Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Boudh and at one or two places over the rest districts Odisha.

Meanwhile, for tomorrow, orange warning has been issued for rainfall for several Odisha district. As per official data, thunderstorm with lightning and hail accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 KMPH very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Boudh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Rayagada, Nawarangpur, Angul, Nayagarh and Dhenkanal. Likewise, thunderstorm with lightning & heavy rainfall likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Ganjam and Khurda.

Keeping the situation in mind, the IMD suggested the following impact and action for thunderstorm with lightning:

• People are advised to keep a watch on the weather for worsening conditions and be ready to move to safer places accordingly.
• People are advised to take shelter in pukka structures and avoid taking shelter under trees and also move away from electric poles and wires.
• Farming operations to be temporarily suspended during occurrence of event.
• Farmers are advised to stake plants with stems with a string or twist-ties to build support.

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