Temperature in many parts of the State, especially in western Odisha, rose on Friday with 12 places recording 40 degree Celsius and above. Bhubaneswar registered 37.9 degree.
Hirakud and Malkanagiri were the hottest with 44 degree each, followed by Sonepur with 43.8. Titilagarh continued to boil at 42 degree. The other places which had temperature above 40 degree were Angul (41.1), Jharsuguda (42.7), Sambalpur (42.4), Sundargarh (40), Talcher (41.4), Bhawanipatna (43.2), Balangir (42.5) and Phulbani (40.2).
The Met department warned that similar conditions would prevail during next couple of days.According to a Met Department release, thunder squalls accompanied by hailstorm and gusty surface wind speed reaching 60 kmph are likely to occur at one or two places in north Odisha.