North India Statesman
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The weather in Odisha has suddenly taken a terrible turn. On Monday, ‘Kalbaisakhi’ and heavy hailstorm completely disrupted normal life in many parts of the state. There are reports of heavy damage at many places due to strong storm and rain. The Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that this series of storms is not going to stop yet and an alert has been issued in many districts of the state till April 10.
Scary scene of storm seen in Athgarh and Daspalla
Athgarh of Cuttack district and Daspalla area of Nayagarh district witnessed extremely strong winds accompanied by thunderstorms on Monday. A car was badly damaged after a large structure collapsed in Athgarh. At the same time, the speed of the storm was so high in Daspalla block that many huge trees were uprooted and fell on the roads, due to which the traffic came to a complete standstill. Later, after hard work of fire brigade personnel and local people, the roads were cleared. The grand pandal decorated for the famous ‘Lanka Podi’ festival in Daspalla town also fell victim to the strong winds and the head of the effigy of ‘Ravana’ was blown away.
Hailstorm broke the backs of farmers, destroyed houses and crops
Along with the storm, hailstorm has also caused huge devastation. Due to heavy rains and large hailstones in Dharamgarh block of Kalahandi district and Patnagarh and Khaparkhol blocks of Bolangir district, roofs of kutcha houses collapsed and standing crops of farmers were completely destroyed, causing huge economic losses to them.
Alert of heavy rain till 8th April and bad weather till 10th April
According to the Meteorological Department (IMD), there is a possibility of hailstorm in some parts of the state on April 6 also. Stormy winds along with light to moderate rain are expected in most parts of the state on April 7 and 8. Even after this the weather will not clear immediately; The Meteorological Department estimates that this dangerous phase of ‘Kalbaisakhi’ and rain may continue till April 10.
Alert issued in these 7 districts for Tuesday
The regional weather office has issued a special warning for Tuesday and has predicted rain with strong winds at the speed of 30 to 40 km per hour in Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Cuttack districts.
some relief from the heat
However, amid this fierce storm and rain, people have definitely got some respite from the scorching heat. A sharp drop in temperature has been recorded and the temperature did not cross 40 degrees Celsius anywhere in the state. According to the Meteorological Department, Boudh was the hottest place in the state, where the maximum temperature was recorded at 38.3 degrees Celsius.
