Breaking: Odisha battered by heavy rain, Mayurbhanj floods as rivers swell and bridges submerge

Odisha
is
faci g
a
se ious
weathe
eme ge cy
afte
to e tial
ai
co ti ued
fo
ea ly
24
hou s,
t igge i g
floodi g
ac oss
seve al
pa ts
of
Mayu bha j
dist ict.
Ba ipada,
Udala
a d
su ou di g
a eas
have
epo ted
seve e
wate loggi g,
with
floodwate
i u dati g
oads
a d
eside tial
st etches.
The
situatio
has
wo se ed
afte
heavy
ai fall
i
the
uppe
catchme t
a eas
of
Similipal,
causi g
the
Budhabala ga
Rive
to
swell
apidly.
I
seve al
locatio s,
floodwate
is
flowi g
ove
b idges,
dis upti g
moveme t
a d
aisi g
co ce s
fo
people
livi g
i
low-lyi g
a eas.
Amid
the
wo se i g
co ditio s,
autho ities
have
ope ed
the
gates
of
the
Kalo
Dam
to
ma age
wate
levels.
Howeve ,
the
elease
has
i c eased
co ce s
i
dow st eam
a eas,
whe e
eside ts
a e
faci g
a
heighte ed
flood
th eat.
As
a
p ecautio a y
measu e,
all
educatio al
i stitutio s
ac oss
Mayu bha j
dist ict
have
bee
o de ed
to
emai
closed.
The
admi ist atio
is
closely
mo ito i g
ive
levels
a d
the
situatio
i
vul e able
a eas
as
wate
co ti ues
to
ise.
The
impact
of
the
heavy
ai fall
is
ot
limited
to
Mayu bha j.
Seve al
o the
dist icts
of
Odisha
a e
also
faci g
the
possibility
of
floodi g
as
ive s
a d
wate
bodies
co ti ue
to
eceive
la ge
i flows.
With
mo e
wate
e te i g
ive s
f om
upst eam
catchme t
a eas,
autho ities
a e
mai tai i g
heighte ed
vigila ce
a d
u gi g
eside ts
i
vul e able
locatio s
to
emai
ale t.
The
comi g
hou s
emai
c ucial
as
officials
assess
the
flood
situatio
a d
p epa e
fo
fu the
eme ge cy
espo se
if
wate
levels
ise
fu the .

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