Bhubaneswar: Most parts of Odisha are facing a heatwave-like situation since almost two weeks, on Friday Bhubaneswar recorded 39.8°C at 11:30 am, said reliable reports in this regard.
The heatwave is expected to continue till a few more days. The regional weather center has predicted that the day temperature will decrease by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius.
A heatwave alert has been issued for various districts of Odisha, said the latest MeT report. People have bee advised to refrain from stepping outside the house from 11:00am to 3:00pm.
They have been asked too take necessary precautions in case going out of home within the time is unavoidable.
Here are the temperatures recorded across Odisha by 11:30 am today:
Bhubaneswar: 39.8
Keonhar: 39.2
Balasore: 38
Jharsuguda: 38
Rourkela: 37.8
Chandbali: 37.4
Sambalpur: 37.4
Hirakud: 36.6
Puri: 32.4
Paradip: 32
Gopalpur: 31.8
The regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that there will be no relief from the scorching heat in Odisha for the next two days.
While the mercury continues to rise, temperature touched 42 degree Celsius in the state for the first time this summer.
As per the bulletin yesterday, 42 degree Celsius was recorded in Malkangiri and Boudh. The second highest temperature of the day i.e 41.7 degree Celsius was recorded in Angul and Balangir while the temperature rose to 41.6 degrees in Jharsuguda. Bhawanipatna and Titlagarh also seized at 41 degree Celsius temperature.
Similarly, Nuapada and Rourkela boiled at 40.4 and 40.2 degrees respectively. Sundergarh witnessed mercury of 40.1 degrees and in Talcher it rose to 40 Celsius.
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, has predicted gradual rise in maximum temperature (Day Temperature) by 2-3°C during next 3 days and fall by 2-4°C at many places during subsequent 2 days over the districts of Odisha.
“Light to moderate rain/thundershower very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Rayagada, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Koraput, Ganjam, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh and dry weather very likely to prevail over the rest districts of Odisha in the next 24 hours,” predicted IMD.
Ms Kalinga