The India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert warning of severe thunderstorms across Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal as a cyclonic system approached eastern India.
Orange alerts signal preparedness for weather that can disrupt transport, damage crops, and pose lightning risks to outdoor workers. The approaching system combines moisture from the Bay of Bengal with atmospheric instability typical of pre-monsoon and early monsoon phases.
State disaster management authorities were advised to keep relief teams ready and communicate shelter locations in flood-prone districts. Farmers in the eastern belt face hail and wind threats to standing oilseed, paddy nursery, and vegetable plots.
IMD colour codes escalate from yellow through orange to red as severity increases. Eastern states have suffered recent seasons of extreme rainfall events linked to climate variability, making timely alerts critical for reducing casualties and economic losses in densely populated rural blocks.
The orange alert covers Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal as a cyclonic weather system approaches from the Bay of Bengal. IMD urged disaster agencies to prepare for lightning, hail, and disruptive winds that can damage standing crops and rural infrastructure in eastern districts.
Eastern states under the orange alert include densely populated rural blocks vulnerable to lightning strikes during severe thunderstorms. Disaster management cells in Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal were asked to keep rescue teams on standby as the weather system approached.
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