The State capital city of Bhubaneswar on Thursday turned into a boiling cauldron with the mercury touching 42.8 degrees Celsius making it the hottest place in the State.
On Wednesday, the temperature of the city was recorded at 42.2 degrees Celsius.Director of Indian Meteorological Centre (IMD), Bhubaneswar, Sarat Sahu said the temperature in the State would further go up by 3 to 4 degrees Celsius in the next five days while temperature in Bhubaneswar is most likely to touch 45 degrees during this period.Temperature also shot up to 40 degrees Celsius and above at 15 places: Baleswar (41), Chandbali (41.9), Cuttack (40), Angul (42.7), Baripada (41.6), Jharsuguda (41.1), Sambalpur (41.7), Hirakud (41.1), Talcher (41.2), Bhawanipatna (42.7), Balangir (41.8), Titlagarh (42.5), Malkangiri (41), Sonepur (41) and Dhenkanal (41.1).