October 27, 2013 - INDIA - Flash floods swept Saturday through the eastern Indian states of
Odisha, where at least 19 people were killed, and Andhra Pradesh, where
another 21 were killed, CNN-IBN reported.
Indian rickshaw pullers carry passengers through a flooded street in Kolkata on October 26.
Indian police officials pull a boat through water-logged streets as they ferry residents to
a safer place in Kolkata on October 26.
"The flood water entered our village suddenly," one rescued villager told Reuters. "We tried to save our belongings but could not. At last we ran away to a safe place. Now the problem is we don't have food to eat and are staying under open sky."
But a local Puri government official, Madhusudhan Das, said help was under way.
People wade through a flood-damaged road on the outskirts of Hyderabad on October 26.
A villager carries an elderly man to safety after crossing floodwaters in Khurda district in the eastern Indian state of Orissa on Friday, October 25.
A resident walks through a flooded house following heavy rain in Saroornagar, a low lying area on the outskirts of Hyderabad on October 25.
Two villagers carry
their bicycles and wade through floodwaters in Banapur village in the
eastern Indian state of Orissa on October 25.
"We have arranged for dry fruits and have also taken efforts for evacuation," he said. "We have arranged free kitchen for them. Tickets will be provided to them. We will give them house damage assistance. Houses have been damaged on a large scale. We are trying our level best to finish the huge amount of work within a week and we'll also provide them assistance for house damage."
Pedestrians wade on a flooded street following heavy rain in Saroornagar on October 25.
Rescue team members from the National Disaster Response Force load a chopper with rescue equipment in the Ganjam district of the eastern Indian state of Orissa on October 25.
In all, 13 districts in Odisha were affected, P.K. Mohapatra, special relief commissioner, said in a telephone interview.
Most affected was the Ganjam District, where 85,000 people were evacuated, he said.
WATCH: Rains claim 42 lives so far in India.
"The situation is very grim as the entire Delta area is completely inundated," Guntur district Collector S Suresh Kumar told CNN's sister network. "Drains and tanks are overflowing and there is a threat of breaches occurring at some places because of the nonstop rain."
Flooding led officials to cancel the fifth of a planned series of seven One Day International cricket matches between India and Australia. - CNN.
