The unbearable heat wave threw life out of gear in the State capital city on Wednesday with the temperature soaring to the season’s highest of 43.2 degree Celsius.
Moreover the city was the hottest place in the State on the day. Most of the cities in western Odisha also came under the heat wave with temperatures above 40 degree Celsius. Cuttack district is recorded with the temperature 40.6 degree. Humidity was also high in the twin cities.
The other cities which recorded above 40 degree were Angul (40.7), Dhenkanal (40.6), Malkangiri (42.0), Titilagarh (40.5), Balangir (41), Bhawanipatna (40.5), Talcher (41.6), Sundargarh (42), Sambalpur (40.8), Jharsuguda (41), Baleswar (41), Chandbali (41.3), Sonepur (41.2) and Baripada (40.8).
The Met office predicted heat wave conditions in some places at least for next 24 hours.