India News | Odisha Under Grip of Severe Heat, 19 Places Record Temperatures over 40 Degrees Celsius
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Odisha continued to sizzle under extreme heat on Sunday, with 19 places recording a maximum temperature of 40 degrees Celsius and above, officials said.
Bhubaneswar, May 11 (PTI) Odisha continued to sizzle under extreme heat on Sunday, with 19 places recording a maximum temperature of 40 degrees Celsius and above, officials said.
According to the evening bulletin of the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre, Sambalpur was the hottest place of the state on Sunday, recording a maximum temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius, followed by Titlagarh (42.5 degrees Celsius) and Bolangir (42 degrees Celsius).
Other places registering temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius include Sundargarh (41.8 deg C), Angul (41.7 deg C), Jharsuguda and Hirakud (41.6 deg C each), it said.
State capital Bhubaneswar recorded a high of 40.7 degrees Celsius.
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Hot and humid conditions are expected to prevail in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, and Keonjhar on Monday, the weatherman said.
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