Bhubaneswar, April 28 -- With mercury on the rise at several places in Odisha and as heat wave to severe heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail over several districts of the State till May 2, at least twenty-seven places witnessed day temperatures above 40 Degrees Celsius, today.

Angul town recorded the highest maximum (day) temperature at 44.3 Degrees Celsius. It was followed by Boudh (44.1), Baripada (44.0), Cuttack, and Nayagarh each (43.7), Dhenkanal (43.6), Malkangiri, Talcher, and Titilagarh each (43.5), Bolangir (43.3), Bhubaneswar (43.2), Bhawanipatna (43.0), Paralakhemundi (42.8), Keonjhar (42.7), Jajpur (42.5), Kendrapara (42.4), Chandbali (42.2), Bhadrak, and Jagatsinghpur each (42.0), Khordha (41.5), Balasore (41.4),...