Bhubaneswar, Sept. 24 (PTI): Fresh floods hit at least six districts in northern Orissa today affecting over 13 lakh people as major rivers in the region were rising alarmingly following heavy rains caused by depression.
Around three lakh people in six blocks of Balasore district were affected by the floods which disrupted road communication and damaged crops in vast areas, official sources said.
Over nine lakh people were hit by floods in Kendrapara district and nearby areas as swollen Brahmani and Baitarani rivers ravaged around 6000 hectares of agriculture land and damaged hundreds of houses, the sources said.
Ali, Rajnagar and Pattamundai areas of the district were the worst hit.
Though intensity of rains had weakened considerably, many areas were waterlogged and road links remained snapped disrupting vehicular movement.
While the swollen Budhabalanga river was flowing above the danger mark at Govindpur in Balasore district, water level of Suvarnarekha was likely to cross the danger level very soon, the sources said.
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