Rains in next 24 hrs predicted
Temperature went up to 40 degrees Celsius and above in eight places in the State on Monday with Titlagarh recording the highest with 42.5.
Bhawanipatna recorded (42.2) followed by Talcher (41) Bhubaneswar (40.7), Sundargarh (40.5), Hirakud (40.2), Chandbali and Cuttack (40), Baleswar (36), Paradip (34.9), Gopalpur (36.3), Puri (37), Angul (39.9), Baripada (31.5), Jharsuguda (39.4), Keonjhar (36.1), Sambalpur (39.8), Koraput (31.6), Phulbani (36.2), Malkangiri (39.4), Sonepur (39.6), Daringibadi (34) and Dhenkanal (38.7).
Meanwhile, the local Met office here predicted the onset of rainfall in the next 24 hours. “The hot wind blowing from the north-west across Odisha has started coming down gradually. It would not only bring down the temperature in the State, but also activate the south-west monsoon which is most likely to touch the Odisha coast in the next 48 hours,” said Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar Director Sarat Sahu. He also said that the formation of a cyclonic circulation formed over the north-east Bay of Bengal and a trough line, most parts of the state, especially the interior and north Odisha, would receive more rainfall in the next 24 hours.