Bhubaneswar, June 17 : One more person succumbed to the heat wave in Orissa today even as weather office predicted no let up in the searing conditions for two more days.
The victim died of sunstroke in Angul district, officials said adding the number of suspected heat related deaths remained at 174.
Highest number of eight deaths due to sunstroke were reported in Khurda and Dhenkanal districts, they said.
A large part of the state including the state capital today recorded temperatures above 40 degree Celsius. The highest 45 degree Celsius was reported at Sambalpur.
The capital city was sizzling at 41.6 Degree Celsius and relative humidity touching 89 per cent.
Hirakud which recorded 44.4 Degree Celsius was followed by Jharsuguda (44.3), Bolangir (43.3), Talcher (43.2), Titlagarh (43), Malkangiri (42.4), Bhawanipatna (42.3), Angul (42.1) and Cuttack (41.1).
Though there was little bit rainfall at Paradip and Champua in Keonjhar district, most parts of the state experienced dry and hot climate, Met office sources said. Ze
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