The State experienced a scorching Wednesday with 16 towns and cities recording over 40 degrees Celsius mark.
Meanwhile, the local Met office on Wednesday evening warned that the heat wave in the State would continue with a variation of 1-2 degrees Celsius in the next 48 hours. The heat wave conditions would be intensified between May 17 and 21, it predicted.Titilagarh was the hottest place with 44.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. Other places which recorded over 40 degrees Celsius included Baleswar (41), Chandbali (40.4), Cuttack (40), Bhubaneswar (42.6), Angul (41.7), Jharsuguda (41.9),