There was no letup in the heat wave conditions as Talcher continued to remain the hottest place in Odisha for the third consecutive day on Wednesday with the mercury recording over 44 degrees Celsius which made the normal life miserable.
The sunstroke death under the impact of sizzling heat wave, meanwhile, went up to three in the State with the confirmed report of another casualty at Belpal under Badasahi block of Mayurbhanj district .
According to the Special Relief Commissioner’s office here, so far 30 heat wave deaths have been reported from various places in the State, but the authorities have confirmed only three sunstroke deaths, one in Cuttack and two Mayurbhanj district.
Met sources here said Talcher recorded 44.3 degrees Celsius on Wednesday while seven more towns were gripped by the blistering heat wave condition with the day temperature rising to over 42 degree Celsius. The seven towns which recorded more than 42 degree were Angul (43.7), Titilagarh (42.5), Sonepur (42.5), Jharsuguda (42.30) and Sambalpur, Hirakud and Bhubaneswar (42.2).
There would be no respite from the gruelling summer as the heat wave condition would likely to prevail during the next 48 hours. Sources said thunderstorms might occur in certain areas in some coastal districts during the next two days.