The capital city of Bhubaneswar recorded the season’s and State’s highest temperature of 43.7 degrees Celsius on Thursday, throwing normal life out of gear.
Several areas in the city wore deserted looks as the trading and business establishments downed their shutters before noon due to the intense heat wave that continued till late afternoon.
Apart from Bhubaneswar, temperature soared up to 40 degrees and above in Baleswar (41.2), Chandbali (43.5), Cuttack (41.0), Angul (41.9), Baripada (41.6), Jharsuguda (41.5), Keonjhargarh (42.4), Sambalpur (41.2), Sundargarh (40), Hirakud (41.2), Talcher (42), Bhawanipatna (41.5), Balangir (41.6), Titlagarh (43) and Sonepur (40.8).
Meanwhile, the local Met office here predicted severe heat wave conditions for yet another week while the situation has reached an alarming level, especially in the coastal region, where the humidity levels add to the heat factor and misery of the people.
“Barring the possibility of rains or thundershowers at one or two places in the State in the next 24 hours, the heat wave would grow up further till May 18 after which it would be more severe in the next four days,” the Met office said in a release on Thursday evening.