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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast continuing rains with thunderstorms and gusty winds in Odisha until July 15, attributing the wet spell to an active monsoon system and cyclonic circulations over eastern India.
The IMD reported in its midday meteorological advisory on Thursday that the low-pressure area over the region has dissipated, giving way to cyclonic circulation over south Jharkhand and its surroundings. This system, together with two monsoon troughs—one running from Suratgarh to the northeast Bay of Bengal and the other from the **northeast Arabian Sea to the cyclonic circulation—is causing widespread rainfall across the state.
District-Wise Forecast Highlights:
July 11-12: Heavy rain and thunderstorms with lightning, with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph, are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Nuapada, Sundargarh and Mayurbhanj. These districts are under yellow alert.
Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balangir, Bargarh, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Deogarh, Kalahandi, Nabarangapur, Malkangiri, Koraput, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Cuttack.
July 12-13: 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 Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Nabarangapur, Malkangiri, Nuapada, and Koraput. These districts have been issued yellow warnings.
July 13-14: Heavy rain and thunderstorms with lightning, with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph, are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur. The IMD has issued a yellow warning to these districts.
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 Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangapur, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri. These districts are under yellow alert.
July 14-15: Heavy rain and thunderstorms with lightning, with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph, are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Deogarh.
As per the regional weather office prediction, thunderstorms with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Bargarh, Angul and Dhenkanal.
July 15-16: Heavy rain and thunderstorms with lightning, with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph, are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj.
Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangapur and Nuapada.
July 16-17: Heavy rain is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Odisha.
The IMD has issued yellow warnings for the majority of the impacted districts, urging people to take caution, particularly in lightning-prone areas. Residents are warned to avoid sheltering beneath trees during thunderstorms and to stay informed through local notifications.
