Severe Cyclonic Storm Dana made landfall on the Odisha coast, with wind speeds reaching 120 km per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported on Friday.
The landfall began shortly after midnight and has completed the process, according to the IMD.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that one person has died in a cyclone-related incident.
On the other hand, the flight operations have resumed in Kolkata and Bhubaneswar airports.
Oct 25, 2024, 2:12 PM IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, "Some districts affected badly due to cyclone, especially kaccha houses. All DMs, SPs and concerned officials are doing their best. We coordinate with all of them from time to time. 2.16 lakh people evacuated from affected areas to relief camps. I talked to an MLA, he informed me that Kapil Muni Mandir has been affected and faced massive waterlogging. I talked to all MLAs of affected districts."
Oct 25, 2024, 12:50 PM IST
Flight and train services resumed in Bhubaneswar on Friday morning even though cyclone Dana continued to tear through the Odisha coast since midnight. Biju Patnaik International Airport here resumed its operation with the first flight landing around 9 am, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told reporters.
Oct 25, 2024, 12:22 PM IST
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi said 1,600 of 4,431 pregnant women shifted to health centres due to cyclone Dana has given birth.
Oct 25, 2024, 10:54 AM IST
Odisha
"Severe Cyclonic Storm Dana has moved North-Northwestward with a speed of 10 km per hour, and has now weakened into a cyclonic storm... Over the last 24 hours, heavy rainfall has been recorded in many areas, with the highest being 156 mm in Raj Kendrapara area," says Bhubaneswar IMD Director Manorama Mohanty.
Oct 25, 2024, 10:02 AM IST
Odisha
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi says, "#CycloneDana made landfall on the intervening night of October 24 and 25 between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra coasts. This process continues till 7:00 am, today... Due to vigilant administration and preparedness, there has been no causality. The government's target of 'zero causality' is achieved. Almost 6 lakh people have been shifted to safer places. 6,000 pregnant women are shifted to Helath Centres."
#WATCH | Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi says, "#CycloneDana made landfall on the intervening night of October 24 and 25 between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra coasts. This process continues till 7:00 am, today... Due to vigilant administration and preparedness, there has been no… pic.twitter.com/CuRCeuCtTA
Bus services at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal' (BSABT) at Baramunda in Bhubaneswar are affected as the Cyclone Dana landfall process begins.
People can be seen moving around the Bus terminal awaiting transport services to resume.
#WATCH | Odisha | Bus services at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal' (BSABT) at Baramunda in Bhubaneswar are affected as the #CycloneDana landfall process begins.
People can be seen moving around the Bus terminal awaiting transport services to resume. pic.twitter.com/qrsofs3kzD
Flight operations will resume services at 8:00 am instead of 9:00 am from Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar: Prasanna Pradhan, Airport Director, Bhubaneswar
Oct 25, 2024, 7:36 AM IST
West Bengal
Flight operations affected at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, as landfall process of Cyclone Dana begins
#WATCH | West Bengal | Flight operations affected at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, as landfall process of #CycloneDana begins pic.twitter.com/DnSeyS9CSG
Turbulent sea, gusty winds and rainfall hit Dhamra, Bhadrak as an impact of Cyclone Dana.
Around 5.84 lakh people have been evacuated till now to shelters, as per Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.
#WATCH | Odisha: Turbulent sea, gusty winds and rainfall hit Dhamra, Bhadrak as an impact of #CycloneDana.
Around 5.84 lakh people have been evacuated till now to shelters, as per Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. pic.twitter.com/RzdewkYhje
The severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 10 kmph and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 25th October, over north coastal Odisha near latitude 21.00° n and longitude 86.85°e, about 20 km north-northwest of dhamara and 40 km north-northwest of Habalikhati nature camp (Bhitarkanika): IMD
The severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 10 kmph and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 25th October, over north coastal Odisha near latitude 21.00° n and longitude 86.85°e, about 20 km north-northwest of dhamara and 40 km north-northwest… pic.twitter.com/YWSVdHQm9F
The severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 10 kmph and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 25th October, over north coastal Odisha near latitude 21.00° n and longitude 86.85°e, about 20 km north-northwest of dhamara and 40 km north-northwest of Habalikhati nature camp (Bhitarkanika): IMD
The severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 10 kmph and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 25th October, over north coastal Odisha near latitude 21.00° n and longitude 86.85°e, about 20 km north-northwest of dhamara and 40 km north-northwest… pic.twitter.com/YWSVdHQm9F
Turbulent sea, gusty winds and rainfall hit Dhamra, Bhadrak as an impact of Cyclone Dana.
Around 5.84 lakh people have been evacuated till now to shelters, as per Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.
#WATCH | Odisha: Turbulent sea, gusty winds and rainfall hit Dhamra, Bhadrak as an impact of #CycloneDana.
Around 5.84 lakh people have been evacuated till now to shelters, as per Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. pic.twitter.com/RzdewkYhje
Flight operations affected at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, as landfall process of Cyclone Dana begins
#WATCH | West Bengal | Flight operations affected at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, as landfall process of #CycloneDana begins pic.twitter.com/DnSeyS9CSG
Flight operations will resume services at 8:00 am instead of 9:00 am from Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar: Prasanna Pradhan, Airport Director, Bhubaneswar
Oct 25, 2024, 7:38 am IST
Odisha
Bus services at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal' (BSABT) at Baramunda in Bhubaneswar are affected as the Cyclone Dana landfall process begins.
People can be seen moving around the Bus terminal awaiting transport services to resume.
#WATCH | Odisha | Bus services at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal' (BSABT) at Baramunda in Bhubaneswar are affected as the #CycloneDana landfall process begins.
People can be seen moving around the Bus terminal awaiting transport services to resume. pic.twitter.com/qrsofs3kzD
Flight Operations from Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik International Airport and Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport resumes.
Oct 25, 2024, 10:02 am IST
Odisha
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi says, "#CycloneDana made landfall on the intervening night of October 24 and 25 between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra coasts. This process continues till 7:00 am, today... Due to vigilant administration and preparedness, there has been no causality. The government's target of 'zero causality' is achieved. Almost 6 lakh people have been shifted to safer places. 6,000 pregnant women are shifted to Helath Centres."
#WATCH | Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi says, "#CycloneDana made landfall on the intervening night of October 24 and 25 between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra coasts. This process continues till 7:00 am, today... Due to vigilant administration and preparedness, there has been no… pic.twitter.com/CuRCeuCtTA
"Severe Cyclonic Storm Dana has moved North-Northwestward with a speed of 10 km per hour, and has now weakened into a cyclonic storm... Over the last 24 hours, heavy rainfall has been recorded in many areas, with the highest being 156 mm in Raj Kendrapara area," says Bhubaneswar IMD Director Manorama Mohanty.
Oct 25, 2024, 12:22 pm IST
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi said 1,600 of 4,431 pregnant women shifted to health centres due to cyclone Dana has given birth.
Oct 25, 2024, 12:50 pm IST
Flight and train services resumed in Bhubaneswar on Friday morning even though cyclone Dana continued to tear through the Odisha coast since midnight. Biju Patnaik International Airport here resumed its operation with the first flight landing around 9 am, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told reporters.
Oct 25, 2024, 2:12 pm IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, "Some districts affected badly due to cyclone, especially kaccha houses. All DMs, SPs and concerned officials are doing their best. We coordinate with all of them from time to time. 2.16 lakh people evacuated from affected areas to relief camps. I talked to an MLA, he informed me that Kapil Muni Mandir has been affected and faced massive waterlogging. I talked to all MLAs of affected districts."