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Bhubaneswar, January 13 (LocalWire): The Bhubaneswar Meteorological Department has forecast intense cold wave conditions in the State will continue to freeze people till January 17.

According to the Regional Meteorological Department, the India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow warning and indicated that few places in Odisha such as Angul, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Sonepur, Boudha and Balangir districts will be impacted in the next 24 hours.

Meanwhile, minimum night temperature was recorded in Sonepur and Phulbani at 6°C, while mercury plummeted below 10°C in Daringibadi (7.5), Titlagarh (7.1), Koraput (9), Bhawanipatna (8.5), Talcher (9.7), Sambalpur (9.6), Keonjhar (9.1), Jharsuguda (9.4) and Angul.

Minimum night temperature in the state capital Bhubaneshwar and key city Cuttack was recorded 10.5°C and 11.4°C respectively.

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Bhubaneswar, January 6 (Localwire): The Meteorological Department in Bhubaneswar has predicted that bone-chilling winter is back in the state with the mercury dipping by at least two degrees across Odisha.

This follows a few days of cloudy weather that led to a decline in cold wave conditions across the state.

According to the Meteorological Department, overall the temperature may plummet by 4-5 degree Celsius in interior districts during the next 12 hours.

The minimum night temperature at Bhubaneswar and Cuttack was recorded 15.3 and 12.4 degrees, respectively, while the mercury dipped to 7.5 degree Celsius in Sonepur, 9 degrees at Angul and 10 degrees at Bhawanipatna.

The Meteorological Department has also predicted dense fog at one or two places in Angul, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Cuttack and Khurda.

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Bhubaneswar, Jan 3 (LocalWire) Moderate rain and cold winds maybe expected at many places over the state from 3 – 5th January, the regional IMD has said.

As per the weather report, cold wave conditions prevailed in the state during the next three days due to gradual fall in minimum temperature.

It is advised to farmers to shift their harvested paddy to safe places so as to avoid any loss due to rain.

People having no proper houses may be allowed to take shelter during night hours in schools and other public building for rest to protect them from the cold conditions.

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Bhubaneswar, Jan 3 (LocalWire) People turned to bonfire as coldwaves sweep major parts of Odisha for past some days.

The mercury level hovered below 10 degree Celsius in many parts of the state even as light rain lashed Cuttack, Bhubaneswar besides some other coastal and interior parts in the north.

Keonjhar recorded 9.5 degree Celsius. Sky remains overcast across the state.

The India Materological Department (IMD) said the night temperature will marginally go up before dipping further from January 5.

There may be more rain on Saturday, the IMD said.

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Bhubaneswar, January 1 (Localwire): Cold wave condition continues to sweep across Odisha with the mercury dipping to 6.8 degree Celsius in Keonjhar, making it the coldest place in the state at 8.30 am on the new year’s day.

According to the Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, the state will continue to witness the cold wave condition for at least the next 72 hours.

Keonjhar was followed by Angul district, which recorded a minimum temperature of 7.6 degree Celsius, the Meteorological Centre here said.

Besides, the mercury stood at 8.9 degrees in Talcher, nine degrees in Phulbani, 9.6 degrees in Subarnapur district.

The mercury stood at 12.6 degree Celsius in state capital Bhubaneswar, while neighbouring Cuttack city recorded a minimum temperature of 10.8 degree Celsius.

Malkangiri continued to be the hottest place in the state recording a minimum temperature of 17 degree Celsius, the Meteorological Centre stated.

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Bhubaneswar, December 31 (Localwire): Odisha continues to shiver in coldwave with the state recording the lowest five degrees Celsius in Angul district at 8.30 am on Tuesday.

According to the latest weather chart issued by the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, the minimum temperature went below ten degree Celsius at 13 places in the state.

Angul was followed by Sonepur, which recorded a minimum temperature of 5.6 degree Celsius, the Meteorological centre here said.

Other places where the minimum temperature plummeted below 10 degree Celsius include, Daringibadi (6 degrees), Keonjhar (6.2 degrees), Phulbani (6.5 degrees), Jharsuguda and Titilagarh (8 degrees), Talcher and Sambalpur (8.6 degrees), Sundargarh and Cuttack (9 degrees), Balasore (9.4 degrees), and Bhubaneswar (9.8 degrees).

The Meteorological Centre also said that there will be no change in minimum night time temperature during next 72 hours across Odisha.

However, it indicated that it may rain in the next 24 hours and that may lead to a further drop in temperature.

Malkangiri, on the southernmost tip of the state, was comparatively free from the cold wave impact with a minimum temperature of 17 degree Celsius, Meteorological Centre officials said.

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Bhubaneswar, Dec 30 (LocalWire): A 23-year-old tribal woman died when the bonfire she lit to stave-off the biting cold, caught her clothes at Bhoka village under Harichandanpur village in Odisha’s Keonjhar district tonight.

Raimani Munda sustained serious burn injuries and was rushed to a government hospital, 30 kilometres from the village.

Hospital authorities declared her brought dead, said police, adding that they registered an unnatural death case.

The district encompassed by hilly tracts and dense forests is currently reeling under a harsh cold wave with mercury hovering around 5 to 6 degrees Celsius.

There are reports of snowfall in interior part of the district since the past 48 hours.

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