Titilagarh which has turned the country’s hottest spot in the month of April, on Sunday recorded temperature of a still higher 48.5 degree Celsius.
Earlier to this, in April 30, 1999, the maximum day temperature in Titilagarh was 48.1 degree.
Several other parts of Odisha continued to reel under the scorching heat on Sunday. Mercury hovered above 40 degree in 17 places. The entire western region of the State boiled under a blistering Sun.
The temperature remained at 41.8 and 40.8 degree in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, respectively.
The other places that recorded temperature above 40 degree were Baleswar (41.2), Chandbali (41.7), Angul (44.1), Baripada (42.4), Jharsuguda (42.9), Keonjhar (41.5), Sambalpur (44), Sundargarh (44), Hirakud (43.9), Talcher (44.8), Bhawanipatna (45), Balangir (44.5), Sonepur (46.1) and Dhenkanal (43.6).
Normal life in western Odisha was completely thrown out of gear due to the severe heat wave. The Met department warned that a similar condition would prevail during next couple of days.
There is a possibility of nor’westers in the coastal belt from April 26 onwards, said IMD Bhubaneswar Director Sarat Chandra Sahu.