Heavy rains to lash Odisha; Skymet, IMD disagree over monsoon arrival

private agency Skymet Weather announced that the southwest monsoon has arrived in Kerala before its scheduled onset, however, IMD said conditions are not yet ripe for the declaration

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued rain and thunderstorm warnings for several parts of Odisha for the next five days.

"Light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at many places over the districts of North Interior Odisha, at few places over the districts of Coastal Odisha and at one or two places over the districts of South Interior Odisha for the next 24 hours," said IMD in its daily bulletin. 

Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching up to 40-50 kmph is very likely to occur at one or two places over