Berhampur: Nine days after they went missing, the bodies of five more persons were recovered on Thursday from debris at Ghidipabali, a hilltop village under Baibili panchayat in Ganjam district. With this, bodies of seven out of 12 persons who went missing from the village in a landslide after Cyclone Arnab have been found. The latest recoveries raised the statewide toll from rain-related landslides to 10. Search operations continued for the remaining five missing villagers.The bodies recovered on Thursday were identified as Bhumika Pradhan (27), Jayalaxmi Pradhan (1), Vijayalaxmi Pradhan (6), Bijay Prahan (25) and Arun Pradhan (7), all members of a family, sources said. Earlier, the search team had recovered the bodies of Ravi Mallick (52) and Sunman Pradhan (29), both residents of Ghidipabali.Kandhamal collector Vedbhusan, who is monitoring the operation, said the last rites were performed at the site according to the relatives’ wishes, with assistance from the administration. He said compensation would be provided to the victims’ next of kin. Bhanjanagar police in Ganjam district registered unnatural death cases after the bodies were recovered, sources said.The search, suspended on Wednesday, resumed on Thursday morning with personnel from ODRAF, SOG, DVF and fire services. Local residents also assisted.Ghidipabali has nine households and 26 residents. Fourteen survived after moving to Kandhamal on Oct 28 before the rain, while the others were inside their homes when landslides struck that night.Three people, including a couple and their one-year-old son, died in landslides at Dakesi village in Kandhamal district’s Raikia block on Oct 28. Their bodies were recovered the following day.