BackHeat wave: Odisha’s Titlagarh hottest place in India
The Odisha government has confirmed four deaths due to sun stroke
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New Delhi: The mercury continued to soar on Sunday in major parts of the country with Odisha’s Titlagarh scorching at 48.5 degree Celsius even as four districts in Assam were hit by the first wave of floods affecting around 45,000 people.
Titlagarh has been experiencing extreme heat for the past several days and on Sunday the town recorded its highest temperature for the month of April in the last 17 years.
“Titlagarh had crossed 50 degree Celsius mark in 2003 on June 5 when it posted 50.1 degrees Celsius. Also, for the month of April, it is the highest since 1999 when on April 30 that year the place had registered 48.1 degrees Celsius," director of meteorological centre in Bhubaneswar Sarat Sahu said.
The Odisha government has confirmed four deaths due to sun stroke; however, the suspected casualty list in the state due to heat wave has grown from 79 to 88.
Bihar too continued to sizzle under intense heat wave even though the mercury dipped marginally at several places, including in the capital Patna.
Patna remained the hottest place in the state for the second day on Sunday with the maximum temperature at 41.1 degree Celsius against 43.3 degree Celsius on Saturday, while Gaya recorded the highest day temperature at 41.1 degree Celsius.
Steel city Jamshedpur in Jharkhand also scorched at 45.8 degree Celsius.
In national capital Delhi, however, the mercury remained below 40 degree Celsius mark. The maximum temperature settled at 37.3 degree Celsius, a notch below the normal, while the humidity level in the air remained on the lower side, oscillating between 13% and 56%.
In West Bengal, Bankura district touched the highest at 43.8 degree Celsius while Kolkata recorded an above normal 40.2 degree Celsius, even as the meteorological department forecast the heat wave to continue for at least another four days.
In districts of Gangetic West Bengal, the mercury hovered slightly above the 40 degree Celsius mark.
As Assam battled with the elements, the State Disaster Management Authority said so far over 1,018 hectares of crop area has been inundated by flood water, while Burhidihing and Desang Naglamuraga rivers were flowing above the danger mark in Sivasagar.
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