The footage aired by local channels showed Mukund Dora carrying his daughter's (Babita) body on his shoulder for post-mortem.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who rushed to the worst-hit Raigada block in Gajapati district Wednesday, announced a hike in the ex-gratia amount for the next of the kin of those killed in the disaster from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.
As many as 16 of the 30 districts of the state were ravaged due to the natural calamity which struck the state on last Thursday.
Heavy rain pounded Odisha over the last three days following Cyclone Titli's landfall on Gopalpur in the southwestern part of the state.
The incident occurred when some villagers took shelter in a cave structure following very heavy rainfall Friday evening.
The severe cyclonic storm hit the two districts early Thursday, with winds gusting up to 165 kilometers per hour.
Heavy rain is likely in Kolkata, Bankura, Purulia, Birbhum, Murshidabad, Malda, North and South Dinajpur districts till Saturday.
The "very severe" cyclonic storm left eight people dead, besides causing widespread damage in north coastal Andhra Pradesh Thursday, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said.
After battering Odisha, cyclone Titli reaches Andhra Pradesh. Districts on high alert
The ferocious cyclone uprooted trees and electric poles and damaged hutments in Odisha’s Ganjam and Gajapati districts after making landfall.
Cyclone Titli hit the Gopalpur coast of Odhisha and it was accompanied by winds blowing at a speed of 130-160 km/hr.
Around 3 lakh people have evacuated to safer places the state, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, who held a meeting with top state officials to discuss preparations made by different agencies to tackle the situation.
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