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In Pics: Cyclone Hudhud creates havoc in Andhra Pradesh & Orissa

New Delhi: Life was limping back to normalcy in Odisha's four worst hit tribal districts after Cyclone Hudhud moved to Chhattisgarh as Odisha government today said the storm damaged about 80,000 houses, power infrastructure and

India TV News Desk Updated on: October 14, 2014 8:57 IST

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According to preliminary reports, 25,000 kutchha houses were damaged in Koraput district, 15,000 houses in Gajapati, 7,000 in Rayagada and 1,000 houses in Malkagiri, the SRC said adding reports from other districts were awaited.

Though three persons -- two children in Kendrapara district and a fisherman in Puri district -- died due to the cyclone, the state government said it was able to save lives of many people by undertaking timely evacuation of 2,47,829 people to safe shelters.

"Many evacuated people have left for their homes by this evening as the intensity of cyclone died down," deputy special relief commissioner Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra said.

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