The State was swept by an unrelenting heat wave with 12 places on Thursday registering temperature of over 40 degree Celsius. Bhubaneswar emerged the hottest place in the State with 43.5 degree C.
Due to the intense heat, roads and marketplaces wore a deserted look in the city.
However, temperature in Titilagarh declined to 39.5 degree.
The other places which had temperature above 40 degree were Sonepur (43.3), Chandbali (41.2), Cuttack (41), Angul (41.3), Jharsuguda (40.7), Sambalpur (40.5), Sundargarh (42), Hirakud (41.8), Talcher (41.5) Balangir (41) and Dhenkanal (41).
The local office of the Indian Meteorological Department informed that the heat wave would continue in central Odisha and temperature in most parts of coastal region would shoot up due to clear sky conditions.
The Met office forecast thunderstorms and rains in some parts of northern Odisha.
Thunder squall accompanied with hail and gusty surface wind speed reaching 60 kmph is also likely to occur at some places.