Maximum Temperature Breaches 40 Degrees In Odisha Amid Heatwave
NDTV
Odisha Heatwave: The hot weather is set to continue as there will be no large change in the maximum temperature during the next four-five days.
Odisha sweltered in the blazing sun on Wednesday as a searing heatwave engulfed parts of the state for the third successive day and the maximum temperature breached the 40 degrees Celsius-mark in 24 places, the Met office said.
The mercury shot up to 43 degrees Celsius or more in 11 weather stations, including Subarnapur town where it was 44.5 degrees Celsius, the highest of the season, the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre said.
Streets wore a deserted look as the blistering heat scorched Subarnapur, Sambalpur, Angul, Boudh, Bolangir, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh, Deogarh and Bargarh districts, a bulletin stated.
The condition occurs when the maximum temperature is 4.5-6.4 notches above normal and at least 40 degrees Celsius in the plains or 37 in the coastal areas at two weather stations or more in a Met subdivision for two consecutive days.
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