Floods wreak havoc on the two states, inundating hundreds of villages, damaging houses and crops over lakhs of hectares
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Bhubaneswar/Hyderabad: The flood situation in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh turned grim, taking the toll in both states to 47 and 30 respectively and leaving thousands homeless, officials said.
The floods triggered by heavy rains under the influence of a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal and vigorous northeast monsoon wreaked havoc on the two states, inundating hundreds of villages, damaging houses and crops over lakhs of acres.
Floods in Odisha have killed four more people, taking the toll to 47, and left thousands homeless, officials said.
Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Surya Narayan Patro said several rivers were overflowing in Ganjam district, which was hit by Phailin cyclone on Oct 12.
As more than two lakh people were cut off from the rest of the state, three choppers were pressed into service for relief and rescue operations, Patro told IANS.
Four members of a family, including two minors, died in Jagatsinghpur district after the house in which they were sleeping collapsed on Thursday night, Special Relief Commissioner P K Mohapatra said.
"The situation is serious. We are asking people to stay on rooftops. We will rescue them," he told reporters.
The government also ordered all schools and colleges in 12 districts closed till Monday.
Apart from Ganjam, the other districts affected by the latest round of rains and floods include Gajapati, Kandhamal, Khurda, Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj and Nayagarh.
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