Titilagarh became still hotter in the country with maximum temperature recorded at 48 degree Celsius on Saturday.
Several other parts of Odisha continued to reel under scorching heat. The entire western region of the State boiled under a blistering Sun.
Mercury hovered above 41 degree in 18 places. The places that recorded temperature above 45 degree were Talcher (46.8), Angul (45.1), Baripada (45.3), Sambalpur (45), Sonepur (46), Bhawanipatna (45) and Balangir (45.2).
The temperature remained at 41.5 and 41.2 degree in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, respectively.
The other places that recorded temperature above 40 degree were Baleswar (44.2), Chandbali (42.5), Jharsuguda (43.4), Keonjhar (43.5), Sundargarh (44), Hirakud (44.3), Phulbani (41.8) and Malkangiri (44.2).
There is a possibility of nor’westers in the coastal belt from April 26 onwards, said IMD Bhubaneswar Director Sarat Chandra Sahu.
Similar condition would be experienced in western Odisha during next couple of days, Sahu added.