After a two-day gap, temperature in coastal Odisha went up sharply again on Wednesday. local Met office said the heat wave would continue to be severe till May 27.
The temperature soared up to 40 degree Celsius and above in 14 places. Bhawanipatna and Titilagarh towns emerged as the hottest places with 44.5 degree.
Besides, mercury also shot up beyond 40 degrees at Bhubaneswar (42.8), Chandbali (40.3), Cuttack (40.6), Angul (42.1), Jharsuguda (43), Keonjhargarh (41.2), Sambalpur (43.1), Hirakud (42.6), Talcher (43.8), Balangir (43), Sonepur (42.5) and Dhenkanal (41.8).
According to IMD Bhubaneswar director Dr Sarat Sahu, rise in the heat wave in the State is due to the very slow wind speed. Due to this, the temperature in the coastal region would increase to around 43-44 degree Celsius in the next four days till May 24 while it would be around 44-45 degree in the interior districts till May 27, he added.