The New Indian Express, June 30, 2007
BHUBANESWAR/PARADIP: The deep depression, which crossed Orissa coast early on Friday, triggered heavy rains across south as well as interior districts sending several rivers swelling.
Torrential downpour in the catchment areas during the last 24 hours fuelled apprehension of floods while Kalahandi started to face the fury with Hati river in spate.
The Met office said the deep depression crossed the coast near Puri between 5.30 am and 6.30 am and moved over to the land. On its way, it caused very heavy rain mostly over southern, interior and coastal districts.
Meanwhile, six to eight crew members went missing after two foreign trawlers sunk in the Bay of Bengal near Paradip Port during a gale.
A search operation was launched to locate the missing crew members while 28 fishermen on board the vessels had managed to reach the shore in life boats after the trawlers went down after being tossed around in the strong wind.
The fishermen, who were Thai and Myanmarese nationals, later informed that several of their compatriots were missing, after which the Coast Guard started a search operation.
While torrential rain affected normal life in Kalahandi district, the first flash flood was reported in Hati river which was flowing five feet above the bridge at Junagarh and disrupted road traffic along NH 201.
With rains still lashing, the river was swelling and flood in Tel river cannot be ruled out.
In Rayagada and Ganjam, the rivers have started to swell. Bansadhara was flowing close to the warning level. At Kashinagar, the river was flowing above the danger mark of 53.6 metres but showed a receding trend. At Gunupur, it was steady at 81.33 metres against the warning level of 83 metres.
Some of the reservoirs in South Orissa like Machhkund, Upper Kolab, Balimela and Indravati were rising because of heavy rains in the catchment areas.
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