Thursday, April 23, 2009

2 more days of heatwave

Expressbuzz, April 23, 2009

BHUBANESWAR: The unrelenting heat wave which has gripped large parts of Orissa is unlikely to spare the State for another two days.

Met officials said, the gruelling conditions would prevail for the next 48 hours over some parts of Orissa except south coastal region.

The central and western pockets continued to sizzle with Angul recording 45.3 degree Celsius today.

At Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Balangir, Titlagarh and Jharsuguda, the mercury hovered close to 45 degree Celsius while Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Hirakud, Chandbali, Keonjhar, Phulbani and Bhawanipatna registered 40 plus degree Celsius for the third successive day.

With complaint of one more death, the total number of sunstroke casualties reached 27today.

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