An intense heat wave prevailed across the State while the temperature in western Odisha crossed 40 degrees Celsius on Monday making life unbearable. Bhawanipatna recorded the highest temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius followed by Balangir with 43 degrees. The other places that recorded the above 40-degrees mark were Jharsuguda (42.6), Hirakud (42.5), Sundargarh (42), Sambalpur (42), Keonjhargarh (40.1),and Malkangiri (41).
The Capital city of Bhubaneswar recorded 38.7 degrees while Cuttack recorded 37.4 degrees. The Meteorological Department predicted that the heat wave condition is likely to continue.