The Regional Met Department in Bhubaneswar on Thursday forecast light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning at several places in Odisha till 6 PM.
The warning was issued for some parts of Khurda (including Bhubaneswar), Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh, Balasore, Bhadrak, and Jajpur.
Similar alerts were issued for some parts of the Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts till 5 pm.