Bhubaneswar, April 17 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued heat wave warning for as many as 16 districts of Odisha for today.

"Heat wave condition very likely to prevail at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Balasore, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Khurda, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Angul, and Boudh," the IMD predicted.

"Hot and humid weather condition very likely to prevail at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, and Gajapati," it added.

Surge in temperature was experienced across Odisha in the morning as Bhawanipatna recorded maximum temperature...