Bhubaneswar: Durga Puja festivities in the state may get partially affected by thunderstorms or sharp showers, the Met department said here Saturday.
The Met department has forecast thunderstorms at many places over the districts of north Odisha and South Odisha on Mahastami, Sunday.
A cyclonic circulation lies over north-east Jharkhand and another such weather system is hovering over Jharkhand and North Odisha, which may bring light to moderate rain at several places in the state affecting revelries during the four-day long Durga Puja.
Thunderstorm with lightning likely to occur two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Khurdha, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Angul, Nayagarh and Bhadrak.