The western region of the State continued to reel under the intense heat wave conditions with the maximum temperature in the major towns soaring beyond above 45 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
Mercury hovered above 40 degree in 17 places of the State. Titilagarh topped the chart recording 46.5 degree.
The other places that recorded temperature above 45 degree were Sonepur (46.2), Bhawanipatna (45), Balangir (45.5), Hirakud (45.6) and Jharsuguda (45.3).
Coastal Odisha districts were slightly relieved with temperature hovering around 40 degree. Meanwhile, in twin cities temperature remained at 38.9 and 38 degree in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, respectively.
The other places that recorded temperature above 40 degree were Baleswar (41), Chandbali (41.2), Angul (44.7), Baripada (42.2), Keonjhar (43.6), Sambalpur (44.6), Sundargarh (44.5), Talcher (44.8), Phulbani (42.2), Malkangiri (43), and Dhenkanal (41.7).
The temperature would gradually rise in coming days in interior and coastal Odisha with severe heat wave condition, said IMD Bhubaneswar Director Sarat Chandra Sahu.