Many of Odisha’s districts have turned into a blast furnace as temperature at 11 stations crossed the 40-degree Celsius mark on Sunday.
The maximum day temperature was recorded over 40 degrees in several districts, especially western region.Titilagarh continued to top the maximum temperature chart with the highest day temperature of 44.5 degree.
The other stations temperatures are Chandbali 39.2 degree, Cuttack 39.4 degree, Bhubaneswar 39.7 degree, Angul 42.1 degree, Jharsuguda 43. degree, Sambalpur 44.4 degree, Sundargarh 41.5 degree, Hirakud 43.3 degree, Talcher 42.1 degree, Bhawanipatna 43 degree, Balangir 44 degree, Phulbani 41.8 degree, Malkangiri 42 degree, and Sonepur 44 degree.
There seems to be no respite in sight for the next couple of days as the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Office issued a ‘yellow warning’ for Balangir, Subarnapur, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh and Jharsuguda districts. People were advised to stay indoors.
The maximum day temperature is likely to be above normal by 2 to3 degree Celsius in the remaining districts during the next three to four days, the SRC said.