Bhubaneswar, Aug 25: Sporadic rains continued in several parts of Odisha for the last couple of days, with cloudy sky and overcast conditions prevailing during day time.
However, on Friday, the regional centre of Indian Meteorology Department (IMD), here predicted that at least 18 districts in the state would witness rainfall with lightning and thunderstorms on Saturday.
The IMD forecast stated that thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Nabarangpur on Saturday.
