Bhubaneswar, Aug 17: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange warning about rain and lightning for five districts of Odisha today.
The Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar issued an orange alert for Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Angul, and Sambalpur districts. It said light to moderate rain/thunderstorm with lightning and intense rain at one or two places are likely to affect some parts of the above districts.
Yellow Warning (Be updated) Heavy Rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Bargarh, Boudh, Sonepur, Nawarangpur, Malkangiri, and Koraput.