2,000 Villages Washed Away in Odisha, India
Posted by feww on October 27, 2013
Extreme Rain Events trigger new round of flooding in east India
Five days of extreme monsoon rains have unleashed severe flooding in eastern India’s states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, washing away more than 2,000 villages in the cyclone-ravaged Odisha alone.
Flood situation in Odisha continues to remain critical with more than 2,000 villages washed away in that state alone. Source: Times of India.
Floodwaters have inundated about two million hectares ( 5 million acres) of crops across the region, affecting more than a million people, with at least 250,000 displaced. The death toll has climbed to 42 in Andhra Pradesh, and 28 in Odisha, with about a dozen people reported missing.
About 85,000 people in the district of Ganjam alone have been rescued so far, with 200,000 others still cut off.
The floods have caused significant damage to public infrastructure across 30 districts, destroying or damaging thousands of kilometers of roads and railroad tracks, disrupting public transport and causing massive damage to agriculture fields in several parts of the two states.
Flood situation continues to remain critical across the the region.
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