29-04-2025
Heavy rain, strong winds lash Odisha; trees uprooted at Chief Minister's house
A number of trees fell at Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's official residence as heavy rain and strong winds from the nor'wester—Kalbaisakhi—swept through the state on Monday. Though the storm provided relief from a two-week-long heatwave, it also caused widespread destruction across Odisha.
Fire service personnel promptly removed the uprooted trees from the Chief Minister's residence, a senior official confirmed. advertisementThe storm toppled trees and electricity poles in various parts of the state, including Bhubaneswar, blocking roads and disrupting daily 20 of Odisha's 30 districts witnessed thunderstorms, lightning, hailstorms, and gusty winds, damaging standing crops such as paddy. Officials from the Disaster Management Department also reported minor damage to kutcha houses and huts in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, and Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast thundershowers across most coastal regions, including Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Koraput, and Malkangiri on Tuesday. Authorities have issued an 'orange' warning for Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, and Jajpur, advising residents to brace for thunderstorms in the IMD has warned that isolated hailstorm activity is likely over Odisha on April 29 and April 30, along with heavy rainfall between April 29 and May 1. Thundersqualls with wind speeds reaching 50-60 kmph and squally winds reaching 45-50 kmph, gusting up to 55 kmph, may affect isolated places in Odisha this central Odisha power distribution company, TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited, in a post on X, urged residents to stay cautious. "Ensure the safety of yourself and your family during Kalbaisakhi by following essential precautions, as sudden storms can be unpredictable," the company rains significantly lowered maximum temperatures across Odisha, with Bolangir recording the highest at 40.4 degrees Celsius—the only region to exceed 40 degrees inputs from PTIMust Watch
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