BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government announced on Wednesday that all schools in the state will be closed from April 18 to 20 due to the India Meteorological Department‘s (IMD) heat wave forecast. In a press statement, the School and Mass Education Department stated that the government has decided to close all schools, public, government-aided, and private, for three days due to the current heatwave and rise in day temperature.
According to the IMD, temperatures are expected to rise by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius in many places over the next two days. From April 18 to 20, temperatures in some parts of Odisha are expected to rise above 45 degrees Celsius.
Baripada town in Mayurbhanj district was the hottest place in the entire country on Tuesday with a temperature of 43.6 degrees Celsius, weather scientist Umashankar Das said.
In a bulletin, IMD’s Bhubaneswar Centre said heatwave conditions would prevail at some places in the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Balasore, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Khurda, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Angul, and Boudh on Wednesday.
Hot and humid weather conditions would prevail at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, and Gajapati, it said.
According to the IMD, temperatures are expected to rise by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius in many places over the next two days. From April 18 to 20, temperatures in some parts of Odisha are expected to rise above 45 degrees Celsius.
Baripada town in Mayurbhanj district was the hottest place in the entire country on Tuesday with a temperature of 43.6 degrees Celsius, weather scientist Umashankar Das said.
In a bulletin, IMD’s Bhubaneswar Centre said heatwave conditions would prevail at some places in the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Balasore, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Khurda, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Angul, and Boudh on Wednesday.
Hot and humid weather conditions would prevail at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, and Gajapati, it said.
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