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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a Yellow Warning for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds in various Odisha districts from September 14 to September 17.
As of 8.30 a.m. today, a low-pressure system remained over the west-central and bordering northwest Bay of Bengal, as well as the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coast. The related cyclonic circulation reaches up to 5.8 kilometers above mean sea level and tilts southwestward increasing height.
According to the IMD, this storm is expected to move west-northwest over the following two days, passing across south Odisha, north Andhra Pradesh, and south Chhattisgarh.
September 14: Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected at one or two places in Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, and Nayagarh. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds of 30–40 kmph may also occur at isolated places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, and Bolangir.
September 15: Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are forecasted in Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, and Sundargarh. Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds may also occur at isolated places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Koraput, and Malkangiri.
September 16: Heavy rain and thunderstorms are likely in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, and Rayagada. Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds are expected in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Koraput, and Malkangiri.
In addition to these district-specific warnings, the IMD has issued a broad Yellow Warning for thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds of 30-40 kmph in isolated areas throughout Odisha until September 17.
The IMD has recommended the public to exercise caution, avoid open locations during thunderstorms, and stay up to current on future weather alerts.
