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Odisha continued to reel under intense heat wave conditions with the maximum temperature of 44.6 degree Celsius recorded at Baripada town in Mayurbhanj on Sunday.

According to a bulletin of IMD's Bhubaneswar centre, nine places in the state recorded a maximum temperature of 43 degree Celsius or above during the day.

With 44 degree Celsius , Nuapada town in western Odisha was the second hottest place in the state.

The temperature was 43.8 degree C at Talcher, followed by Jharsuguda (43.6), Keonjhar (43.6), Angul (43.3), Bolangir (43.2), Sundergarh (43) and Boudh (43).Apart from the above places, 21 other places registered a day temperature of 40 degree Celsius or above.