High temperature continued to grip western Odisha with seven places recording 40 degree Celsius and above on Wednesday.
Hirakud was the hottest with 42.6 degree, followed by Sambalpur with 41.9.Titilagarh boiled at 40.5 degree.
The other places which had temperature above 40 degree were Jharsuguda (41.1), Bhawanipatna (40.5), Balangir (41.5) and Sonepur (41.4).
Bhubaneswar and Cuttack registered temperature at 31.5 and 31 degree Celsius, respectively.
According to a Met Department release, thunder squalls accompanied by hailstorm and gusty surface wind, speed reaching 60 kmph, are likely to occur at one or two places in interior Odisha.
The Met Department also predicted that heavy rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places in interior Odisha on June 20.