Low pressure triggers rains in Odisha

Rains triggered by a low pressure today brought considerable respite from the long spell of heat across Odisha, where sunstroke has claimed 17 lives this summer.
The mercury remained below the 40 degree Celsius mark all over the state during the day barring Titlagarh in western Odisha which recorded a maximum temperature of 40.5 degree Celsius, the MeT office said.
As the state had virtually turned a cauldron, the 40 degree Celsius mark had been breached almost daily at many places during peak summer.
State capital Bhubaneswar, which was the hottest place in the state at 39.1 degrees yesterday, recorded 38 degree Celsius today. The temperature in Cuttack was 36 degree Celsius, down from 37.4 degrees recorded yesterday, according to the Met department here.

While heavy rainfall is likely to pound several areas of Odisha in next 24 hours under the impact of the low pressure over Bay of Bengal, arrival of monsoon in the state is likely to be delayed by two to three days due to current low rainfall elsewhere in the country, it said.
Of the 17 heat related deaths reported in the state so far this summer - four each were in Sambalpur and Angul, three each in Bargarh and Sundargarh districts and one each in Balangir, Bhadrak and Dhenkanal, according to the office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC).