Floodwaters receded in cyclone-hit Ganjam and Gajapati as officials accelerated relief and restoration work. Falling river levels have reduced immediate danger, but waterlogging and. BHUBANESWAR: More than 1,000 villages in Ganjam and Gajapati districts bore the brunt of cyclone Arnab which induced pelting rains and triggered flashfloods. At least three persons, including a nine-month-old baby, died in a landslide in Odisha on Friday, while hundreds of villages were inundated as heavy rainfall.