Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon is likely to hit Odisha in next 48 hours, informed the Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar.
The weather department said that the weather is favorable for the southwest monsoon to hit Odisha.
Notably, the pre-monsoon rainfall has already begun in various parts of the state as Balasore received 54 mm, followed by Keonjhar (21.6mm), Daringibadi (20mm), Paralakhemundi (18.6mm), Angul (18 mm), Jajpur (14mm), Nayagarh (13.2mm), Nuapada (8mm).
Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of Marathwada, entire Karnataka and Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu, some parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh, northwest & westcentral Bay of Bengal today.
Adding to it, a yellow warning has been issued thunderstorms with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sundergarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Sambalpur, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur from 8.30 AM of June 15 up to 8.30 AM of June 16.
Ms Kalinga