IMD Issues Rain, Thunderstorm Alert For 3 Odisha Districts

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued rain and thunderstorm alert for three districts of Odisha.

As per the latest weather bulletin, a feeble cyclonic circulation lies over north coastal Odisha and neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level.

“Light rain or thunderstorm likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak (between 1330 hrs IST of March 2 and 0830 hrs of March 3,” the IMD’s release read.

Apart from the rain and thunderstorm in some parts of Odisha, shallow to moderate fog is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Khordha and Dhenkanal.

Similarly, shallow to moderate fog will cover parts of Mayurbanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack on March 4.

“No large change in both maximum and minimum temperature over the districts of Odisha during the next 4 to 5 days. The maximum (day) temperature is likely to be above normal by 3 to 4 degree Celsius at many places in Odisha in the next 4 to 5 days,” IMD’s release stated.

(Edited By Ramakant Biswas)