Nine killed in lightning strikes in Odisha

The IMD had earlier issued a ‘red warning’ for thunderstorms, lightning accompanied by hail and gusty wind speed reaching 60 to 70 kmph in several districts including Koraput, Cuttack, Khurda, Nayagarh, Jajpur, Balasore and Ganjam, in the afternoon.

​The IMD had earlier issued a ‘red warning’ for thunderstorms, lightning accompanied by hail and gusty wind speed reaching 60 to 70 kmph in several districts including Koraput, Cuttack, Khurda, Nayagarh, Jajpur, Balasore and Ganjam, in the afternoon.