<p>Residents of Odisha are in for a tough time as the heatwave, which took the temperature beyond the 43-degrees mark at nine towns on Friday, is set to intensify. <br /><br />A squall and dust storm accompanied by light rain lashed some parts of Delhi on Friday evening, bringing the mercury level down.<br /><br />In Odisha, Angul was the hottest place at 44.7 degrees Celsius. The temperature also crossed the 40-degree mark in at least 16 places, with the Met office forecasting intensified heatwave.<br /><br />Titlagarh recorded a maximum temperature of 44.2 degrees, while it was 44.1 degrees at Hirakud, followed by Sambalpur (43.6), Balangir and Bhawanipatna (43.5), Talcher (43.2) and Jharsuguda and Malkangiri (43).<br /><br />Khammam, Nalgonda and Ramagundam recorded the highest maximum temperature of 43 degrees each in the state, followed by Adilabad 42.5, Bhadrachalam and Hanamakonda at 42 degrees each. <br />Parts of north India, Telangana and Bihar can breathe easy with rain or thunderstorm forecasts for Saturday.<br /><br />Temperature stabilised<br />The mercury levels in Gujarat have stabilised around 40 degrees over the past three to four days, with Bhuj in Kutch district and Amreli in Saurashtra region recoding a high of 40.4 degrees in the past 24 hours. <br /><br />Interestingly, some parts of Amreli had received rain on late Wednesday night.<br /><br />Showers in R’than<br />Light to moderate showers were witnessed at some places in Rajasthan. Churu remained the hottest on Friday, recording a maximum of 42.6 degrees. “A few more instances of sandstorms are expected to lash Rajasthan anytime soon,” a Met department source said.<br /></p>
<p>Residents of Odisha are in for a tough time as the heatwave, which took the temperature beyond the 43-degrees mark at nine towns on Friday, is set to intensify. <br /><br />A squall and dust storm accompanied by light rain lashed some parts of Delhi on Friday evening, bringing the mercury level down.<br /><br />In Odisha, Angul was the hottest place at 44.7 degrees Celsius. The temperature also crossed the 40-degree mark in at least 16 places, with the Met office forecasting intensified heatwave.<br /><br />Titlagarh recorded a maximum temperature of 44.2 degrees, while it was 44.1 degrees at Hirakud, followed by Sambalpur (43.6), Balangir and Bhawanipatna (43.5), Talcher (43.2) and Jharsuguda and Malkangiri (43).<br /><br />Khammam, Nalgonda and Ramagundam recorded the highest maximum temperature of 43 degrees each in the state, followed by Adilabad 42.5, Bhadrachalam and Hanamakonda at 42 degrees each. <br />Parts of north India, Telangana and Bihar can breathe easy with rain or thunderstorm forecasts for Saturday.<br /><br />Temperature stabilised<br />The mercury levels in Gujarat have stabilised around 40 degrees over the past three to four days, with Bhuj in Kutch district and Amreli in Saurashtra region recoding a high of 40.4 degrees in the past 24 hours. <br /><br />Interestingly, some parts of Amreli had received rain on late Wednesday night.<br /><br />Showers in R’than<br />Light to moderate showers were witnessed at some places in Rajasthan. Churu remained the hottest on Friday, recording a maximum of 42.6 degrees. “A few more instances of sandstorms are expected to lash Rajasthan anytime soon,” a Met department source said.<br /></p>