Tag: Lightning

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar has predicted rainfall, thunderstorm activities accompanied with gusty wind and lightning in several parts of Odisha in the next 24 hours. “Several parts of Odisha including coastal parts will experience rainfall in next 24 hours. Besides, moderate rain is likely to occur at one or two places in […]

Bhubaneswar: The office of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) today issued dangerous thunderstorm and lightning alert for six Odisha districts- Boudh, Nayagarh, Dhenkanal, Angul, Keonjhar and Deogarh. The latest warning issued by the SRC quoting Earth Networks stated, “Dangerous thunderstorm and lightning is likely to occur at Banspal, Patana, Harichandanpur, Telkoi, Jhumpura and Ghatgaon blocks of […]

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar issued thunderstorm and lightning warning for ten districts of Odisha till 2 PM today. As per the latest bulletin of the IMD, rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning is likely to occur at many places over Sundergarh, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Deogarh, Angul, Jharsuguda, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar issued moderate thunderstorm & lightning warning for nine districts of Odisha till 8:45 pm today. The alert has been issued for Kalahandi, Koraput, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Sundergarh, Jharsuguda & Keonjhar districts. People in these districts have been advised to remain alert and stay indoors in view of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar issued moderate thunderstorm warning for 10 districts of the State till 5.30 pm today. The alert has been issued for Kandhamal, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Koraput and Keonjhar districts. Moderate thunderstorm/lightning and gusty wind speed ranging from 30kmph to 40kmph and light rainfall are likely […]

Jaipur/Bhopal/Ahmedabad: Nearly 50 people were killed as rains coupled with thunderstorm and lightning hit several parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra overnight, officials said Wednesday. The unseasonal rains and storm also caused damage to property and crops in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Rajasthan witnessed the maximum casualties with 21 people killed in rain-related incidents […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre has warned of moderate thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and rainfall at one or two places over five districts of Odisha. People in all these districts have been asked to remain alert till 8 PM tonight. As per the latest release of the SRC, moderate thunderstorm, lightning and light to moderate […]

Cuttack: Two students were killed after they were struck by lightning in Tangi area of Cuttack district today afternoon. According to reports, the students, who were undergoing skill development training, sustained severe burn injuries after lightning struck them while they were playing with other students. They were rushed to the Cuttack-based SCB Medical College and […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Department in Bhubaneswar issued moderate thunderstorm, lightning alert with light rainfall and gusty wind speed reaching 30 to 40 km/hr in several places of 19 districts till 08:30 PM today. The alert has been issued in the districts–Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Jajpur, Angul, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Bolangir, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Khurda, Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Rayagada, […]

Bhubaneswar: The office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) today issued dangerous thunderstorm and lightning alert for 8 districts of Odisha. As per the available data from Earth Networks, the warning has been issued for Boudh, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Angul and Deogarh districts. The people in Bissam Cuttack, Kalyanasinghpur, Kolnara and Kashipur blocks […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid scorching heat wave conditions across the State, thunderstorm activities have come as a big relief for several parts of Odisha. The Regional Meteorological department in Bhubaneswar has issued thunderstorm and rainfall warning for five places of the State today. A press release by the Regional Meteorological Centre stated, “Moderate thunderstorm/lightning with light to […]

Balasore/Puri: At least one person was killed while three others sustained grievous injuries after being struck by lightning during nor’wester rain in separate places of Odisha on Wednesday. Even though thunderstorm activities have plummeted temperature in coastal areas like Puri, Cuttack, Khurda, Balasore and Mayurbhanj, torrential rain accompanied by gusty wind and lightning have caused […]

Mumbai: Two minors were killed as a severe thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning and heavy rains, disrupted air, road and rail traffic in Mumbai late on Monday night, officials said. Two boys — Tushar Jha (12) and Rushabh Tiwari (11) — were electrocuted near their tenement in Poisar slums in Kandivali East, the BMC Disaster Control […]

Bhubaneswar: The Meteorological department has issued thunderstorm and lightning alert for five districts across Odisha today. As per the latest forecast by the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, moderate thunderstorm/lightning and light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur in one or two places of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Kalahandi districts between 9 am […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered a decline in human casualty due to lightning by 31 per cent during 2018-19 following effective use of Early Warning Communication system (EWCS), a senior official said. While 465 lightning deaths were recorded in Odisha during the year 2017-18, it came down to 320 in 2018-19 which is about 31 per […]