Bhubaneswar: With the rain fear lingering over the State due to the intensification of a low pressure area on Bay of Bengal, the IMD Regional Centre here has issued a thunderstorm, lightning and rainfall alert for at least eight districts of Odisha today.
In its latest weather bulletin the MeT Department said, moderate thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall are likely to occur at some places over districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Cuttack and Jajpur between 8 AM and 11 AM.
In view of the approaching extreme weather conditions the residents in the alerted districts have been cautioned against venturing out of their homes and advised to take shelter at safe places to avoid any untoward incidents.
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