After he went missing, his family approached Raikia police station, where a missing-person complaint was lodged on November 5. A teacher missing in floodwaters during Cyclone Arnab was rescued alive after spending over 15 days stranded in a forest in Odisha’s Kandhamal, sources said on Sunday. The teacher was found by locals Balakrishna Charchi near a stream close to Ratingi village, reports Balakrishna Charchi.