The state's highest temperature of 46.6 degree C was recorded here and Talcher while as many as seven towns recorded temperature above 45 degree C today.
Chandbali in Bhadrak district followed Bhubaneswar and Talcher with 46.5 degree C. Sonepur recorded 46 degree C while Angul, Sambalpur, Hirakud and Bolangir recorded 45 degree C, the meteorological centre here said.
The weatherman warned that heatwave conditions would continue for the next two days in most parts of the state where at least 30 people have died due to sun-stroke so far this summer, official sources said.
In Baripada, the district headquarter town of Mayurbhanj, about 2,000 bats were found dead in a park due to unbearable heat, sources said.
