A severe heat wave continued to singe State on Sunday with as many as 17 stations recording maximum temperature of 40 degrees Celsius or above. Bhubaneswar recorded highest maximum temperature at 43.6 degree Celsius.
Boudh reported 42.5 degree followed by Baripada with 42.4 degree, Titilagarh 42 degree, Jharsuguda 41.8 degree, Sambalpur and Nayagarh 41.5 degree each, Balangir 41.2 degree, Talcher 41.1 degree, Sundargarh and Sonepur 41 degree each, Angul and Baleswar 40.9 degree each, Cuttack 40.8 degree, Bhawanipatna at 40.6 degree, Hirakud 40.3 degree and Malkangiri 40 degree, Regional Centre of IMD here said.