Heat wave sweeps Orissa
March 20th, 2010 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Bhubaneswar, March 20 (IANS) Heat wave swept parts of Orissa Saturday as temperature crossed 40 degrees Celsius, an official said.
The district headquarters of Malkangiri, 618 km from here, recorded a high of 41 degrees Celsius.
Several other places in Orissa also recorded high temperatures. Jharsuguda recorded 39.8 degrees, Sambalpur and Talcher 39.6 degrees each, Titilagarh 39.6 and Bhabanipatna 39.2 degrees Celsius, an official of the Bhubaneswar meteorological centre told IANS.
State capital Bhubaneswar and adjoining Cuttack city recorded 39.5 and 39.4 degree respectively, he said.
Heat wave condition is likely to continue in some parts of the state during the next 24 hours, he said.
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