Orissa floods: 2600 villages submerged, 11 lakh affected
Bhubaneswar: Flood's fury in Mahanadi and other rivers has wreaked havoc in Orissa submerging about 2,600 villages spread over 19 districts and leaving eight dead as the state government on Sunday stepped up relief and rescue operations for 11 lakh affected people. The floods, which claimed eight lives and left three others missing so far, have snapped road communications at several places in Puri, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur, Boudh and Sonepur districts, official sources said.
Text: PTI
Images: PTI, AP
In Pic: An aerial view of a flood affected village in Kendrapada district in Orissa on Sunday, September 11, 2011.
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