Temperatures Sizzle Past 40°C in Odisha’s 3 Places at 11.30 AM as State Bakes Under Worst Heatwave

Bhubaneswar: Severe heat wave condition prevails in Odisha as on Monday, Balasore recorded 41.6 degrees Celsius at 11.30 am.

Keonjhar suffered at 41 degrees at that time and it was 40.4 degrees in Bhubaneswar.

Temperatures of different places at 11.30 am:

Balasore: 41.4°C

Keonjhar: 41°C

Bhubaneswar: 40.4°C

Jharsuguda: 39.8°C

Hirakud: 39°C

Rourkela: 39°C

Sambalpur: 38.6°C

Chandbali: 38.2°C

Puri: 33.8°C

Gopalpur: 33.2°C

Paradip: 33°C

For Monday, the IMD has issued red warning for Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Dhenkanal, Nuapada, Balangir, Sonepur, Boudh, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Khurda and Jajpur districts.

Orange heatwave alert has been issued for places including Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Balasore, Rayagada, Malkangiri and Koraput.