IMD issues orange alert for thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds in Odisha

Several parts of Odisha are likely to experience thunderstorm activities with lightning and gusty winds along with heavy rainfall in some parts in the coming days.

Monsoon Update

Orange Warning For Thunderstorm, Heavy Rainfall

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The conditions are favourable for further advancement of Southwest monsoon over some more parts of Odisha , Gujarat, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh during next two days, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday.

The IMD further informed that a trough runs from a cyclonic circulation that lies over south Bangladesh and adjoining north Bay of Bengal to south Odisha.

Several parts of Odisha are likely to experience thunderstorm activities with lightning and gusty winds along with heavy rainfall in some parts in the coming days.

The IMD has issued orange and yellow warnings for some districts of Odisha for thunderstorm and lightning.

Weather Forecast

Day 1 (Valid upto 0830 hrs IST of 15.06.2025)

Yellow Warning: Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph & heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkanigiri, Mayurbhanj, Kalahandi, Kandhamal.

Day 2 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 15.06.2025 to 0830 hrs IST of 16.06.2025)

Yellow Warning: 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 Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri.

Day 3 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 16.06.2025 to 0830 hrs IST of 17.06.2025)

Orange Warning: Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar.

Day 4 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 17.06.2025 to 0830 hrs IST of 18.06.2025)

Orange Warning: Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Koraput.

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