Rains add to woes of flood-hit people in Orissa
September 14, 2011  14:16

The Orissa flood story that somehow never made it to the papers.

Fresh rains triggered by a low pressure compounded the plight of the marooned people in flood-hit parts of Orissa today besides hampering relief operations.
The state government, however, ruled out any deterioration of the flood situation due to the rains. Rains and thundershowers lashed several areas of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Puri and Khurda districts since early hours, official sources said. 

The floods claimed at least 20 lives and affected about 22 lakh people in around 4,000 villages spread over 19 districts. The meteorological department said rains were likely to continue at many places in coastal Orissa till tomorrow with possibility of heavy rain at a couple of places.

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