Mercury drops to 5 degress in Phulbani

The mercury dropped to five degrees Celsius in this Odisha's Kandhamal district headquarter town today, the lowest this season so far, hitting normal life.
While Phulbani recorded the minimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius, the mercury stood at 6.5 degree Celsius at Daringbadi in the district, the local Meteorological Observatory said.
Apart from Phulbani and Daringbadi, the cold wave conditions swept elsewhere in the district and paralysed normal life in G Udayagiri, Balliguda, Kotagarh and Tumudibandha blocks.
Reports of fish and birds being found dead due to the cold were received from different parts of the district, particularly from the high-altitude areas of the region.

Light frost is expected at Belghar and Daringbadi in the next two days where night temperature has been gradually falling for the last three days, the officials said.
There was thin layer of ice at Belghar and Daringbadi areas in the last week of December last year, they added.