India, April 15 -- Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre (MeT) issued thunderstorm, lightning alert for several places in Odisha for next three hours today.

While orange warning has been issued for 8 districts, 11 districts have been put on yellow alert for next three hours.

As per nowcast warning, moderate thunderstorm with lightning and moderate rain with gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph is likely to affect some parts of district of Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Gajapati, Ganjam, Koraput, Rayagada and Jajpur within next 3 hours.

Similarly, yellow warning issued for some places in the district of Khordha, Cuttack, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Sundargarh, Nayagarh, Keonjhar, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Kalahandi and Kandhamal w...