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As on 01.09.2003 at 1900 Hours
No. 20-4-2003 - NDM.I

Ministry of Home Affairs
[NDM Division]

ORISSA:

Due to depression over Bay of Bengal, there has been heavy rains during 26- 30th August 2003 in many parts of the State of Orissa.

CWC Report

According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), the water level in Hirakud Dam is showing receding trend. At 1700 hours on 01.09.2003, the inflow was 3.96513 lakh cusecs against 7.85399 lakh cusecs at 24.00 hours on 30.8.2003. The outflow was 4.72758

BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 31 (AFP) - The death toll from flooding in the east Indian state of Orissa Sunday rose to 10 as the situation worsened and more areas were inundated by swollen rivers, officials said.

Officials said over 50,000 people have been evacuated since flooding began three days ago, triggered by unusually heavy rains.

Close to three million people have been affected all over the state, they said.

Of the state's 30 districts, 15 have been affected with the coastal districts of Puri, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur and Cuttack the most badly hit.

Nature of Disaster: Floods
The depression over North Orissa and adjoining areas of West Bengal, Jharkhand, and North Chatisgarh continuing in the last 3 days has resulted in heavy rainfall at many places over Upper Mahanadi and at a few places over Lower Mahanadi catchments. Rainfall has occurred at most places over Subernarekha, Baitarani, Lower Brahmani, and Upper & Lower Mahanadi, at many places over Budhabalanga, at a few places over Upper Brahmani and at isolated places over other catchment areas.

Nature of Disaster
Unremitting rains lashed the four districts - Kalahandi, Navrangpur, Gajapati and Rayagada in the past two days due to the depression that had developed over the Bay of Bengal. So far, one district has been affected i.e. Kalahandi. The other districts are under the threat of floods. The IMD has forecasted moderate to heavy rains at isolated places all over the state of Orissa. There is an imminent threat of floods as 12.7 lakh cusecs were flowing in from Khairmal and 6 lakh cusecs from Munduli is expected to reach Naraj barrage. The release of

BIHAR
NATURE OF THE DISASTER: Floods

Bihar has been affected by floods and so far 18 districts have been affected by floods in the state. The first wave of floods took place in the last week of June and has resulted in the displacement of lakhs of people. The situation became critical on 1st August, 03 as 6.34 lakh cusec of water was released from Valmikinagar barrage which inundated large areas of Western Champaran and Gopalganj. This high volume of water was released due to heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas of Nepal. As per information received from IMD, scanty to light

BIHAR
NATURE OF THE DISASTER: Floods

Two and a half years after the Gujarat earthquake, Prakash Mehta, President of one of the government-run shelters is not a happy man.
Lives have been saved and shelter provided for the homeless, but although their lives seem to be returning to a semblance of normality, the merest mention of the quake causes their expressions to change.

The pain and frustration the community continues to feel is evident when Dr Joseph Prewitt, Psychosocial Delegate from the American Red Cross (ARC) visits Mehta's shelter.

"What do you want to do? Where were

Food distribution activity is running at full swing in flood-hit Dhemaji district of Assam, north-east India. So far, World Vision has distributed food aid to 11,473 adults and 2,239 infants of 39 villages.
HEALTH: With water receding in many flood affected districts of Assam, health is becoming a major concern as most locals are reporting cases of diarrhoea, jaundice, dysentery, gastroenteritis and other water borne diseases. There have been deaths reported due to diarrhoea, dysentery and Japanese Encephalitis from Nalbari, Dhemaji and