Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in the state's coastal deltaic region worsened today after the huge discharge from the Hirakud dam reached the plains, official reports said. The death toll in the calamity has been officially put at 42 which did not include the four persons swept away at Tikarpanga under Patkura block in Kendrapada district. The rivers in the Mahanadi system, that had shown a receding trend till last evening, had suddenly started to rise and flowing much above their red marks.
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