BHUBANESWAR: After 46.7 degree Celsius temperature on Tuesday breaking 40 years record and 46.6 degree C record temperature on Wednesday, the capital city recorded State’s highest temperature of 45.6 degrees C here on Thursday. City’s temperature surpassed State’s all traditionally hottest places Talcher, Sambalpur, Titilagarh, Jharsuguda and Anugul.
This unprecedented rise in the
mercury level left life in the city literally paralysed between 10 am and 5 pm.
It was just unbearable outside as well as inside the houses where fans were of
no help due to frequent power cuts. The roads and market places wore a deserted
look. Due to record break temperature in the city during last four days,
residents of the capital city are waiting for a relief from the killer heat
wave of the daytime.
In the millennium city Cuttack
also the mercury level touched 43 degrees C. The situation was similar in other
districts of the State. Besides the capital city, maximum temperatures at eight
places of the State were recorded above 44 degrees. “While driving the bike, I
feel my legs are burning. This type of heat wave we never experienced before,”
said a businessman Dhanurdhar.
According to the Bhubaneswar Met
office, south-west monsoon has already reached the Kerala coast and it would hit
the State by the end of the June second week. Met office warned that thunder
storm/thunder squall accompanied with hail and gusty surface wind speed
reaching 60 to 70 km per hour is likely to affect some parts of
the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar,
Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Sundergarh and
Bhadrak.
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