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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange warning for seven Odisha districts and a yellow alert for 11 districts, predicting heavy rain and thunderstorms across the state on Thursday.
According to the IMD forecast for tomorrow, heavy to very heavy rain and thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface wind speeds of 30-40 kmph are very likely to occur in one or two locations in the districts of Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Koraput, Sonepur, Bargarh, and Kalahandi. These districts are under an orange warning.
Furthermore, districts such as Malkangiri, Bolangir, Nuapada, Nabarangpur, Gajapati, Boudh, Angul, Deogarh, Kandahamal, Rayagada, and Ganjam are expected to see heavy rain and thunderstorms with lightning, as well as strong surface winds of 30-40 kmph.
“Heavy rain and thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sonepur, Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh, Nuapada”, read the IMD prediction for July 4.
For July 5, the regional weather office has predicted heavy rain very at one or two places over the districts of Bargarh, Balangir and Sonepur.
For July 6, the regional weather office prediction reads: “Heavy to very heavy rain is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundargarh.” These destricts are under orange alert.
“Heavy rain is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore”, read the IMD forecast for July 6. These districts have been issued yellow alert.
The regional meteorological service predicts heavy to very heavy rain on July 7 in one or two locations in the Jharsuguda and Bargarh districts. The two districts have been issued an orange alert.
According to the IMD forecast for the same day, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, and Sundargarh districts are anticipated to receive heavy rain.
