Normal life out of gear in Orissa, 50 villages in Balasore badly affected Flood fury: A trailer truck that plunged into the water when a bridge on the national highway between Balasore and Kharagpur was washed away in the floods. More than 16 lakh people are affected in flash floods that have inundated vast areas in West Bengal's Paschim and Purbo Medinipur districts following torrential rains over the past two days. Four people were killed and three reported missing in the two districts, according to reports reaching here on Wednesday.