Tag: Thunderstorm

Malkangiri: Heavy rains triggered by a cyclonic storm in the last 24 hours have triggered a flood like situation in remote areas of the district causing massive damage to crops, sources said. The incessant rains have led to rise in water level of major rivers including Poteru, Saberi and Sileru following which hundreds of acres […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) today issued thunderstorm and lightning warning in 18 districts of Odisha. According to sources, the districts likely to be hit by thunderstorm and lightning are Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Koraput, Malkangiri and Gajapati. It has also cautioned the […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 14 districts of Odisha are likely to receive heavy rainfall today, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. A statement from Met department issued an alert saying heavy thundershowers have been predicted for Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Puri, Nayagarh, Khurda, Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri districts, it said. One […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience heavy rainfall besides thunderstorm with lightning in the next 48 hours, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Heavy rainfall is likely to occur in one or two places in north Odisha during the next 48 hours,” the IMD said in its bulletin. It also said that thunderstorm with lightning is […]

Nabarangpur: Thunderstorm wreaked havoc in Nabarangpur today ripping apart roofs of more than 70 houses, uprooting trees and damaging crops. According to information, storm and thundershower pounded several parts of the district notably Ganchapara and Bobei GP where it ripped off roofs of around 70 houses. Mango, cashew nut, Nilgiri trees were uprooted in large […]

Bhubaneswar: The state is likely to witness rain and thunderstorm, specially in the coastal areas as well as some parts of western Odisha in the next 12 hours owing to a depression over Bay of Bengal. Wind speeds may reach up to 60 kmph said Met sources. The depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal is […]

Kalahandi: Three persons died while three others were critically injured in thundershower and lightning that hit various places of Odisha on Friday. In Kalahandi, two persons died and three others sustained critical injuries after they were hit by falling tree limbs and lightning during the massive rainstorm. In Mayurbhanj, a youth died after struck by […]

Bhubaneswar: At least 6 persons were reported to have lost their lives in thunderstorms and lightning at various places across Odisha today. In Rayagada district, three persons were killed in separate incidents at Kalyansinghpur and Ramnaguda block. Heavy rain with thunderstorm struck Shanti Nagar village under Pujariguda panchayat in Kalyansinghpur at around 1.30 pm. A […]

Bhubaneswar: Residents of the Capital city today heaved a sigh of relief from the sweltering heat after a short thunderstorm accompanied by gusty winds and hail hit the town and some other parts of the State. Besides Bhubaneswar, parts of Dhenkanal, Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak also witnessed nor’wester rain and heavy wind. Trees were reportedly uprooted […]

Patna: Lightning not only kills and damages, it also destroys marriages. In a bizarre incident,a bride in Bihar’s Saran district refused to marry her groom after he behaved strangely following a lightning strike that resulted in a violent clash between the members of the two families, police said on Friday. Renu Kumari (name changed) of […]

Patna: At least 19 people were killed due to lightning and thunderstorms in Bihar, officials said on Tuesday. “The state government has ordered ex-gratia payment of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of those who lost their lives,” Pratyaya Amrit, Principal Secretary of the Disaster Management Department said. Five deaths were reported in Gaya […]

New Delhi: Monsoon in India is likely to be normal with no chances of drought this year, private forecaster Skymet said on Wednesday, bringing relief to the country. The forecaster said there were 5 per cent chances of excess rainfall that is more than 110 percent of long-period average (LPA). The average, or normal, rainfall […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre has issued thunderstorm, lightning and intense rainfall warning for eight districts in Odisha. People in Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Kalahandi and Koraput districts have been asked to remain alert till 8 PM today. Moreover, the Met department has warned of intense rainfall in the districts as a low […]

A weak monsoon condition is prevailing over most parts of Odisha. In the month of June, the state witnessed an average cumulative rainfall of 181.3mm.

New Delhi: Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in large parts of India, including several places in Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Gujarat, over the next few days till Friday, the India Meteorological Department said today. The warning comes after the IMD said last week that the monsoon had covered the entire […]