5 more die due to floods in Odisha, toll goes up to 12indiaUpdated: Aug 29, 2020 07:36 ISTFive more people died in Odisha on Friday, taking the death toll in the state ravaged by floods to 12. “Five more people died in Odisha due to house and drowning in Bargarh, Nuapada, Jajpur, Baleswar and Bhadrak. Seven people had died earlier in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundergarh and 2 were missing in Bargarh and Mayurbhanj,” Pradeep Kumar Jena, Special Relief Commissioner told ANI on Thursday. Meanwhile, six people, including a newborn baby, were rescued from a village in Jajpur district by a Bari Fire Service rescue team on Friday. The state’s Special Relief Commissioner had issued an ‘orange alert’ for the affected regions on Wednesday.

Source: Hindustan Times August 29, 2020 00:51 UTC