Blistering heat swept across Odisha; 47 degrees Celcisus in Titlagarh

Bhubaneswar: Blistering heat swept across Odisha . Temperature above 40 degC in 14 places in Odisha . Mercury touches 47 degrees Celcisus in Titlagarh,
Mercury touches 46.5 degrees Celsius in Balangir while the mercury stood at 45.2 degrees Celsius at Bhawanipatna, 44.9 degrees Celsius at both Malkangiri and Sonepur, 44.1 degrees Celsius at Angul and 43.9 degrees Celsius at Saambalpur, 43.8 degrees Celsius at Hirakud, 43.6 degrees Celsius at Jharsuguda, 42.2 degrees Celsius at Phulbani, 41.1 degrees Celsius at Talcher,40.1 degrees Celsius at Chandbali and 40 degrees Celsius at Sundargarh. In the capital city of Bhubaneswar, the maximum temperature stood at 39.5 degrees Celsius, while Cuttack city recorded 39 degrees Celsius.