Landslide wipes out family of 3 including infant in Odisha's Kandhamal
Rescue teams recovered the bodies after torrential rain and repeated slides hampered the search, officials said, as nearly 15 houses were washed away.
- A massive landslide buried a hilltop hamlet in Ganjam district on Friday, leaving at least 12 people missing as Cyclone Arnab devastation continued across Odisha.
- Separately, a landslide in Raikia block of Kandhamal district swept away a house Thursday, killing Achyutananda Pradhan, his wife Manasi Pradhan, and their seven-month-old baby.
- Revenue and disaster management minister Suresh Pujari announced deployment of a highly equipped Indian Navy helicopter to assist rescue operations involving more than 170 personnel including NDRF and ODRAF.
- Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced ₹4 lakh ex gratia assistance for each of the three deceased, while nearly 40,000 displaced persons sheltered in 367 relief camps across Ganjam.
- The India Meteorological Department warned of another possible cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal, likely to intensify into a cyclone during the subsequent 24 hours.
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3 of family die in Kandhamal, 13 Ganjam villagers missing in landslides
Three members of a family were killed in Kandhamal and 13 villagers went missing in landslides in Ganjam as widespread flooding triggered by heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Arnab marooned hundreds of villages and paralysed traffic on the busy Kolkata-Chennai NH-16 at the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border for over 12 hours on Friday.
Bhubaneswar: The search continues for 12 people who are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rains in a village in Odisha due to Cyclone Arnab. The landslide occurred in Gidipabali, a village on the border of Ganjam and Kandhamal districts...
Navy Helicopter to Search for 12 Missing Persons in Bhanjanagar, Revenue Minister Seeks Railways' Help
Bhanjanagar/Bhubaneswar: An Indian Navy helicopter is being deployed to search for 12 people who remain missing after a devastating landslide buried several houses at Gidipabali village under Baibali Panchayat in Bhanjanagar of Odisha’s Ganjam district. The helicopter is heading towards the landslide-hit area to conduct an aerial search and detect possible signs of life beneath the debris. According to reports, the helicopter is equipped with a …
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