Bhubaneswar, April 10: The heat wave condition in Odisha will continue for one or more weeks but people should not panic as they had experienced hotter summer in April, a senior MeT department official said, even as a farmer working in his field today died due to heat stroke in State.
“The temperature in coastal districts are increasing due to absence of sea breeze and mainly westerly wind flow through central India towards Odisha coast,” India Meteorological Department (IMD) director Sarat Chandra Sahu said.
The trend may continue for a week or more as the possibility of occurrence of thunder squall in a week is very low, he said.
However, Sahu appealed to the people not to panic over the rising temperature as the people of Odisha had witnessed mercury level crossing 46 degree Celsius in April, 2010.
He said the temperature in interior districts are normal or around two degrees above normal which is in between 39 degree C to 41 degree C and this trend too would continue for a week or more.
On fatality due to heat wave, Sahu said this can be reduced by taking precautionary measures circulated by the State government.
As many as 17 places recorded over 40 degrees celcius temperature, reports said adding one Sarat Sutar of Sendhapur village died of heatstroke while working in his field.
The State capital sizzled with 42.2 degree Celsius though Sundergarh registered the highest 45 degrees Celsius followed by Titlagarh at 43 degrees Celsius.
Mercury touched 40 degrees in Balasore, 41.3 degrees in Chandbali, and 40.4 degrees Celsius in silver city Cuttack, the bulletin said.
People in Angul (42.7 degrees), Baripada (42.1 degrees), Jharsuguda ( 42.5 degrees), Keonjhargarh ( 40.2 degrees), Sambalpur (41.8 degrees), Hirakud ( 42.3 degrees), Talcher ( 42.4 degrees), Bhawanipatna ( 42.5 degrees) Bolangir ( 42.5 degrees), Malkangiri ( 41.4 degrees), Sonepur ( 42.8 degrees) and Dhenkanal (41.2 degrees) had torrid times and remained mostly indoors during the daytime.
