Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today predicted that several districts of Odisha may witness heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours.
In its latest bulletin, the IMD said, “A low-pressure area is persisting over southeast Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood, north Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal extending up to 1.5 km above mean sea level”.
Under the influence of this, several districts in Odisha are likely to witness heavy rainfall.
The Met department has also issued a yellow warning.
During this period, thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Nuapada, Bolangir, Sonepur, Sundergarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Ganjam and Bargarh.
Similarly, heavy rainfall is very likely to occur in the districts of Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Nuapada, and Sonepur, the IMD predicts.
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