The heat wave continued across the State on Wednesdaywith at least 18 places recording temperatures above 40 degree Celsius.
Titilagarh smarted under the highest temperature with 45 degree. The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded temperatures of 42.2 degree and 40.6 degree, respectively.
The other places which had temperature above 40 degree Celsius were Balangir (43.0), Angul (42.7), Sambalpur (42.0), Jharsuguda (42), Malkangiri (43.4), Baripada (40.5), Talcher (43.6), Chandbali (40.4), Sonepur (44.8), Sundargarh (42.5), Hirakud (42.1), Bhawanipatna (43.5), Phulbani (40), Dhenkanal (42.5) and Keonjhar (40), informed local weather officials.
local India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director SC Sahu said the heat wave condition would continue for next 24 hours and the maximum temperature likely to be around 44 degree.