The Regional Office of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) here on Tuesday predicted thunder squalls at one or two places of 12 districts in the State in next 24 hours.
“Thunder squall with hail, rain and wind speed reaching 50-60 kmph likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Angul, Deogarh, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Subarnapur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar and Bhadrak,” an IMD release said.
Strong and gusty surface wind speeds reaching 35 to 45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph likely to prevail along and off Odisha coast for which fishermen have been advised to be cautious while venturing into sea.
However, most parts of the State had recorded a sharp drop in temperature on Monday as rain broke the heat spell giving some respite to the people from scorching heat while heat conditions continued to prevail in other regions of the State.