Bhubaneswar, April 5 -- Several parts of Odisha sizzled under intense heat wave conditions as mercury soared significantly across the state.

While the maximum temperature in Bhubaneswar was recorded 39.8 degree Celsius by 11.30 am, the Regional Meteorological Centre here said the figure might have touched or crossed 44 degree Celsius later.

The Meteorological Centre has also issued heat wave warning for as many as 14 districts of Odisha. "Heat wave condition very likely to prevail at one or two places over the districts of Khurda, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Boudh, Malkangiri, Nayagarh, Angul, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, and Jharsuguda," it said.

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