Bhubaneswar: IMD Bhubaneswar has issued a Yellow Warning for heatwave conditions over various Odisha districts till 8.30 am of June 6 in its Wednesday midday weather bulletin.
From 8.30am of June 4 to 8.30am of June 5: The weather agency informed that heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail at one or two places over Subarnapur, Boudh, Bolangir, Bargarh, Nuapada and Kandhamal districts.
In the same timeframe, hot and humid weather conditions are very likely to prevail at one or two places over Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts.
From 8.30am of June 5 to 8.30am of June 6: IMD informed that heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail at one or two places over Subarnapur, Boudh, Bolangir, Bargarh, Nuapada and Kandhamal districts.
In the same timeframe, hot and humid weather conditions are very likely to prevail at one or two places over Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts.
As many as 20 people died due to sunstroke in Odisha over the last three days as the state was reeling under intense heatwave conditions, an official statement said.
Since Friday, a total of 99 suspected sunstroke deaths were reported by different districts. After post-mortem and inquiry, 20 were confirmed as sunstroke deaths, while two deaths happened due to other causes, according to the statement issued by the state’s Special Relief Commission.
An investigation is underway in the rest of the cases, it added.
Prior to this, 42 suspected sunstroke deaths were reported, and of them, six cases were confirmed, and it was found that another six deaths happened due to other causes, the statement said.
The deaths were mostly reported from Bolangir, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Sonepur, Sundergarh and Balasore districts.
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