Bhubaneswar: The city-based Regional Meteorological Centre on Thursday issued thunderstorm and heavy rainfall warning for 25 districts of Odisha under the influence of a deep depression over Bay of Bengal.
“Latest doppler weather radar and satellite imageries indicate that thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and intense rainfall likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Balangir, Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput, Malkangiri, Puri, Khordha, Cuttack, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Keonjhar, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Maturbhanj, Nayagarh, Deogarh, Kalahandi and Sonepur till 6 pm today,” said a bulletin of the Meteorological Centre.
People of the said districts have been asked to take shelter in safe locations.
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Ms Kalinga