The unprecedented heatwave conditions prevail across Odisha even in the month if April. Bhubaneswar recorded 43.2 degrees Celsius – highest temperature in April in the last six years.
Apart from Bhubaneswar, 15 other cities/ towns in the state, have witnessed temperature above 40 degrees C. They are – Balasore (41), Chandbali (41.3), Cuttack (40.6), Angul (40.7), Baripada (40.8), Jharsuguda (41), Sambalpur (40.8), Sundergarh (42), Talcher (41.6), Bhawanipatna (40.5), Balangir (41), Titlagarh (40.5), Malkangiri (42), Sonepur (41.2) and Dhenkanal (40.6).