Several parts of the country reeled under sweltering heat as village Bhira in Raigadh district of Maharashtra recorded an unusually high 46.5 degrees celsius.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports Akola, also in Maharashtra, registered 44.1 degrees celsius yesterday.Bhira recorded world's second highest temperature at 46.5 Degree Celsius day before yesterday. Weather department is also astonished with this high rise in temperature and understood to send a special team to investigate further in this regard. Mumbai is also experiencing heat waves. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has issued a list of precautionary measures for citizens to protect themselves from the scorching heat. The maximum temperatures recorded in the beginning of this week were seen crossing 38 degrees Celsius which was 5.1 degree Celsius above normal temperature of Mumbai city. Barmer in Rajasthan had experienced high of 43.4 degrees celsius while Narnaul in Haryana sizzled at 42 degrees celsius. <br/><br/>In Uttar Pradesh, the maximum temperature crossed 40 degrees celsius in Varanasi, Allahabad, Hamirpur and Agra. It was a hot day in Delhi with the mercury settling six notches above normal at 38.2 degrees celsius. Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh has been witnessing crossing 40-degree celsius mark regularly in last few days. The onset of heat wave conditions very likely to prevail at many places over West Madhya Pradesh, few places over East Madhya Pradesh and at isolated places over Chhattisgarh.<br/><br/>In Odisha intense heat wave conditions continue to grip major parts of the state. As many as 14 towns witnessed maximum day temperature hovering over 40 degree Celsius yesterday with Bolangir in Western Odisha region remained the hottest district in the state for the third day at 43.3 degree Celsius followed by another western Odisha town Titilagarh at 43 degree Celsius. AIR correspondent reports, other places where the maximum day temperature crossed 40 degree Celsius were Dhenkanal, Bhawanipatna, Hirakud, Sambalpur and Sonepur, Malkangiri, Baripada and Keonjhar. Coastal pockets in the state were spared by the heat although humidity levels rose, making life uncomfortable. The Bhubaneswar Met office has predicted that there would be no change in the weather condition in the state till next 10 days.