Rain Alert For Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued orange and yellow warnings for rain over several districts of Odisha.

As predicted by the weather department, Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph and heavy rainfall is very likely to occur for three days in different districts of the State.

Check day-wise warnings of the IMD:

Day 1 (Valid upto 8.30 AM of May 5, 2025:

• ORANGE WARNING: Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph and Heavy rainfall very likely to occur in the afternoon/evening hours at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Koraput and Malkangir.
• YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur in the afternoon/evening hours at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati Rayagada, Nabarangapur, Keonjhargarh, Angul and Dhenkanal.

Day 2 (Valid from 8.30 AM of 5 to 8.30 AM of May 6:

• ORANGE WARNING: Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 50-60 kmph, Heavy rainfall and Hailstorm very likely to occur in the afternoon/evening hours at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhargarh, Balasore, Bhadrak and Gajapati.
• YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph very likely to occur in the afternoon/evening hours at one or two places over the districts of Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Sundargarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri.

Day 3 (Valid from 8.30 AM of May 6 to 8.30 AM of May:

• YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph very likely to occur in the afternoon/evening hours at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhargarh, Balasore and Bhadrak.