Mercury dip in Rajasthan and orissa

Mercury continued to dip to below normal levels in most parts of north India even in the absence of summer rains today, but searing heatwave claimed five more lives in Orissa taking the state's death toll to near hundred. In the national capital, temperature slipped markedly to settle at 37.5 degree Celsius from yesterday's 41 degrees. Maximum temperature hovered around 40 degree Celsius in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, with hottest Varanasi recording 42.4 degree Celsius. Capital Lucknow and Allahabad settled at 40.8 degrees.
Kota remained the hottest place in Rajasthan at 42.7 degree Celsius followed by Jaipur at a high of 40.6 degrees. Barmer, Dabok and Jodhpur recorded maximum of 40.4, 39 and 38.9 degrees respectively while Ajmer, Churu, Bikaner and Gangangar recorded a maxmum of 38.3, 38, 37.3 and 37 degrees respectively. In Orissa, five more people died of suspected sunstroke as death toll rose to an alarming 98. Titallagarh and Talcher were the hottest at 42.5 degrees.