Berhampur: An eight-member inter-ministerial central team on Tuesday visited Gajapati to assess the damage caused by extreme rain under the influence of Cyclone Arnab, which made landfall in Andhra Pradesh on Oct 28.After arrival at Paralakhemundi, the team visited different areas in Mohana and other places. They inspected damaged bridges and culverts at Gundriguda and Khariaguda respectively. They assessed the loss to standing crops at Kesara and Singipur, landslides and road damage on the roads from Koinpur to Gangabad via Terava, Chitrango. They met Gajapati collector Akshay Sunil Agrawal.The collector told the team that 847 wards in 130 panchayats across the district were affected by the extreme rain. The district has identified 147 landslide-prone areas and 13 landslides took place due to the heavy rain. In the preliminary estimation, the district administration reported damage to 1,232 houses. Altogether 35,014 people had been evacuated from vulnerable pockets to safer places, the collector told the team. The team is scheduled to visit Ganjam, the worst-hit district, to assess the damage on Wednesday.Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts bore the brunt of the rain that triggered massive landslides, disrupted communication, damaged bridges and culverts and breached river embankments. The devastation claimed three persons in Kandhamal, two in Ganjam and one in Gajapati. It reportedly damaged standing paddy crop on over 90,000 hectares in Ganjam district alone. The district has cultivated paddy on 2.16 lakh hectares during the kharif season, official sources said.