Heavy rain, thunderstorm lash Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, : Heavy rain accompanied by severe thunderstorm and lightning
lashed the state capital Bhubaneswar on Wednesday afternoon.The city has been
experiencing high levels of humidity followed by nor’wester-induced rain for 2 days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued an orange warning for seven
districts of Odisha, including twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Similar warning was also sounded for Angul, Balangir, Bargarh, Boudh, Kandhamal, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Gajapati, Rayagada, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak,
Cuttack, Jajapur, Kendrapada, Sundargarh and Ganjam.On Wednesday, the State Capital recorded 32°C with humidity at 73.6% by 8.30 am. The mercury also shot up in other coastal areas with Puri recording 34.4°C this morning, followed by Balasore at
33°C and Gopalpur and Paradip at 31.8°C each.By 11.30 am, the mercury levels in Bhubaneswar rose to 36.2°C with humidity at 53.6%, according to senior meteorologist Umasankar Das.According to IMD’s midday bulletin, hot and humid conditions may continue to prevail in Odisha with the progress of southwest monsoon stalled over Mumbai, Ahilyanagar (Maharashtra); Adilabad (Telangana); Bhawanipatna and Puri (Odisha) and Sandheads (West Bengal).The weather agency has warned of hot and
humid weather conditions at one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts from June 4- 8.Heatwave may also prevail at one or two places in Balasore and Puri on June 5 and Balasore, Puri, Jagatsinghpur and Bhadrak on June 6.