These Odisha districts likely to face severe heatwave today

Biswajeet Swain Published On : Apr 14, 2023 at 9:10 AM

Bhubaneswar: Several districts of Odisha may experience severe heatwave today as the Regional Meteorological Centre here issued Yellow Warning in this regard.

Heat wave condition very likely to prevail at one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Angul, and Balasore, the Meteorological Centre predicted.

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Due to prevailing northwesterly/ westerly dry air and high solar insolation, maximum temperature (Day Temperature) is very likely to rise further by 2°C during the next 2 days at many places over the districts of interior Odisha and no large change thereafter, the Meteorological Centre forecasted.

Consequently, maximum temperature (Day Temperature) is likely to be more than 40°C and likely to be above normal by 3 to 5°C at a few places over the districts of Odisha during the next 3 days, it added.