A day after the cyclone Roanu caused heavy rains in several parts of the State, the mercury level again shot up crossing the 40-degree Celsius mark in seven places on Saturday.
Bhawanipatna was hottest place in the State with a maximum temperature of 44 degree followed by Titilagarh with 43.5 degree. The five rest places that recoded 40 degree Celsius and above are Angul (40.1), Jharsuguda (40.4), Sambalpur (42), Hirakud (41.3) and Balangir (43).
However, the temperature in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack continued to remain at a low level of 35.7 degree and 35.2 degree, respectively.
The local Met Department predicted that strong and gusty surface wind with speed reaching 45-50 gusting 55 kmph from north east direction is likely to prevail along and off the north Odisha coast. The sea condition is likely to be rough to very rough along and off Odisha coast. Hence, fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea, said a release from the Met Department.