Tag: Heat Wave

Titlagarh/Jharsuguda/Bhubaneswar: At a time when the entire Odisha is reeling under intense heat wave conditions, the officials of the regional metrological centre predicted that similar situation will persist for the next three days.  A yellow warning has been issued in view of the severe heat wave condition for eight districts in the State. While mercury […]

Bhubaneswar: With mercury hovering above 40 degree Celsius in at least nine places, the Meteorological department has predicted that intensifying heat wave conditions will prevail for the next two days in Odisha. Heat wave warning has been issued in ten districts of the State while people in these areas were asked to take strict precautionary […]

Bhubaneswar: The heat wave condition continues to intensify in Odisha with nine places of the State recording temperatures above 44 degree Celsius today. As per data of the Meteorological department, Titlagarh seemed to have turned into a burning cauldron as it recorded temperature of 46.5 degree Celsius, the maximum for any station this summer. Other […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to reel under the effect of the heat wave as 11 places in the State witnessed temperature above 40 degree Celsius on Monday. Sonepur sizzled at 44.8 degree Celsius , followed by Sambalpur 44.7, Titlagarh 44.6, Talcher 44.3, Jharsuguda 44 degree Celsius. Similarly, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack record maximum temperature of 38.2 degree […]

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave continues to intensify in Odisha with 12 places across the State recording temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius today. As per the data of the regional Meteorological department, Sambalpur seemed to have turned into a boiling cauldron as it recorded temperature of 44.7 degrees Celsius, the maximum across the State today. Similarly, Sonepur […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Earth Sciences has issued warnings for heat wave for the next 4-5 days due to scorching heat in the plains of northwest India. The heat wave conditions have led to rise in maximum temperatures by 2-4 degrees Celsius over parts of northwest India, including Delhi-NCR, UP, Rajasthan and Haryana. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid apprehensions over delay in onset of monsoon this year, temperature plummeted few degrees Celsius giving a bit of relief to people in coastal belt of Odisha but it continues to scorch west and interior parts of the State. According to data available with the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, out of the 10 […]

New Delhi: Large parts of the country will continue to be gripped by a heat wave for another week as the monsoon’s arrival has been delayed, an expert said on Thursday. Although the monsoon is expected to hit Kerala in the next 48 hours, it would take at least seven days to reach the central […]

Bhubaneswar: The intense heat wave conditions may continue in Odisha with the scorching heat and humidity level likely to shoot up in the next two days, forecast the Regional Meteorological centre here on Tuesday. According to the Met department, the intense heat wave condition is likely to prevail for the next two days.  As many […]

Bhubaneswar: As the monsoon onset in Odisha was delayed, June 2019 turned hotter in Odisha vis-a-vis June 2018. There seems no respite from the very hot and humid climate for at least a week for the people in Odisha. Weather models indicate no rain in sight in majority of locations in the State till June […]

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave conditions returned to haunt people in several parts of Odisha with mercury breaching the 40 degrees Celsius mark in 11 places on Friday. Titlagarh recorded highest maximum temperature of 43.5 degrees Celsius. As per the Met department report, Jharsuguda recorded 42.6 degrees Celsius, while the mercury touched 41.1 degrees C mark in […]

Puri: It is that time of the year when Puri usually gets agog with activities as the pilgrim city turns host for lakhs of devotees from across the globe during Rath Yatra. Though the first leg of the annual festival was conducted in a hassle-free manner today, people in several villages of the district are […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today extended the summer vacation of all schools including privately run ones till June 25. As per the previous schedule, the schools were supposed to re-open tomorrow, but due to prevailing heat wave conditions, the vacation was extended. The extension of the vacation was officially announced by School and Mass Education […]

Bhubaneswar: Revising earlier forecast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) last week again predicted that the southwest monsoon will touch Odisha by June 22. To be precise, Odisha so far has witnessed thunderstorms and brief spells of rain in a few districts this month while people are still grueling with severe hot and humid conditions. Even […]

Bhubaneswar: With formation of a Low Pressure Area (LPA) over Northwest Bay of Bengal, IMD on Monday forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in eight Odisha districts in next 24 hours. “Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall (more than 20 cm) at one or […]