The Regional Office of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional here on Wednesday issued a yellow warning for heavy rainfall in 12 districts of the State in next 24 hours.
As per the IMD, the alert has been issued for Kandhamal, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Angul, Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Khordha districts.
At present, a cyclonic circulation lies over East Jharkhand and adjoining north Odisha between 1.5 km and 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting, the IMD said.
On Friday, heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Bargarh and Deogarh.
Thunderstorms with lightning are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Baleswar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Ganjam,Gajapati, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Balangir.