The heat wave continued to grip western Odisha on Sunday with as many as eight places recording temperatures of 43 degree Celsius or more.
The Regional Office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here said maximum temperature crossed 40 degree in 13 places on the day.
Titilagarh was the hottest with 44.6 degree. It was followed by Sonepur with 44.5 degree, Balangir and Boudh 44.3, Nuapada 44, Sambalpur 43.7 and Bhawanipatna 43 and Bargarh 43.
The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded maximum temperature of 33.8 and 34 degree, respectively.
The IMD predicted thunderstorms with lightning likely to occur at one or two places in Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Angul, Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhamal districts.