After a gap of few days, most parts of the State again came under the grip of intense heat wave with the temperature soaring up to 40 degree Celsius in 16 places and Titilagarh recording the highest temperature of 44.5 degree Celsius on Thursday.
Temperature in Chandbali was 41.8 followed by Bhubaneswar (41.6), Angul (41.7), Baripada (41.5), Jharsuguda (42.9), Keonjhar (40.5), Sambalpur (43.2), Sundargarh (42), Hirakud (42.9), Talcher (43), Bhawanipatna (42.5), Balangir (41), Malkangiri (42.6), Sonepur (43) and Cuttack (41). However, the local Met office here in a release on Thursdaysaid the temperature would recede in the next 48 hours as the State would receive rainfall from June 15 due to monsoon.