The unseasonal rains and hailstorm that hit north coastal districts on December 11 and 12 claimed eight lives apart from damaging standing crop and houses.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/25-percent-crop-damaged-balasore
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/balasore-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jagatsinghpur-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kendrapara-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods