There is a possibility of heavy rainfall along with storm, strong thunder and lightning at isolated places in Odisha.
IMD Alert: The maximum temperature recorded in the country’s capital Delhi on Wednesday was 33.6 degrees Celsius, which is the highest temperature recorded since January. The Meteorological Department office has predicted partly cloudy sky on Thursday and the maximum and minimum temperatures will be 32 and 15 degrees Celsius respectively.
Eastern india
IMD has predicted light to moderate thunderstorm, lightning and hailstorm with gradual decrease in intensity over eastern India from today.
Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Hot and humid weather is likely to persist in Rayalaseema during the next 5 days. Wet weather is also likely to persist over Konkan and Goa, Kerala and Mahe and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during the next 2 days.
South West Rajasthan
There is a possibility of heat wave in different parts of Saurashtra and Kutch on March 20 and 21 and in South West Rajasthan on March 23 and 24.
Heavy rain occurred in various parts of Odisha
Heavy rain occurred at various places in Odisha on Wednesday. On Wednesday, IMD has issued an orange alert regarding lightning, storm and rain in nine districts of the state, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Balangir, Subarnapur and Boudh. Many parts of Khurda district, including state capital Bhubaneswar and neighboring districts Nayagarh, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Ganjam and Kandhamal, received heavy to very heavy rainfall (2 to 3 cm per hour) on Wednesday morning.
IMD has predicted rain in nine districts of the state, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Subarnapur and Boudh on Thursday.
IMD uses four colors for weather warnings
- ‘Green’ alert means no action is required.
- In ‘Yellow’ alert, there is a possibility of the weather getting very bad.
- In ‘Orange’ alert, warning is given about the possibility of extremely bad weather.
- In ‘Red’ alert, people are warned about the possibility of severe weather and loss of life and property.
