Bhubaneswar, Aug 24: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a nowcast warning for rain and lightning over Odisha till August 25.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur, Angul, Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Bhadrak, and Balasore.
Thunderstorm with lightning may also occur at one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nayagarh, Khurda, Puri and Ganjam.
There is also a forecast for light to moderate rain or thundershower at most places in North Odisha and at many places in southern districts of the state.
Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places in Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, and Mayurbhanj during the subsequent 24 hours (August 25).
Yellow warning of thunderstorm with lightning has been issued for one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Koraput and Rayagada. Light to moderate rain or thundershowers may also occur in many places across the state.
The intensity of rain may decrease thereafter with no more heavy rain warnings for the state.
Light to moderate rain or thundershower may occur at many places in coastal Odisha, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and at a few places in the rest of the state on August 26. Light to moderate rain or thundershower is likely at a few places across Odisha, the following day.
Worth mentioning, Odisha has recorded 750 mm of rainfall against the normal of 831.8 mm till August 23 this monsoon season.
