Cyclone DANA to make landfall between Bhitarkanika & Dhamra, landfall process to continue for 5 hours

Bhubaneswar: Cyclone DANA will make the landfall in between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra of Odisha. The process of landfall will begin on the night of October 24 and continue till the morning of October 25. So, the landfall process will be for around 5 hours. The maximum wind speed during this time is likely to be around 120 kmph. It was informed by Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, the Director-General of Indian Meteorological Department or IMD.

As per the National Bulletin No. 14 based on 05 30 hours IST of 24th  October, 2024 the severe cyclonic storm “DANA” (pronounced as Dana) over central & adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 24th October, over northwest & adjoining central Bay of Bengal, near latitude 18.5° N and longitude 88.2°E, about 260 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 290 km south-southeast of Dhamara (Odisha) and 350 km south of Sagar Island (West Bengal).

It is very likely to move northwestwards and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara (Odisha) during mid-night of 24th to morning of 25th October, 2024 as a severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph.

In view of the storm, the state government has shifted 10 lakh people to safe places. Now 51 ODRAF teams, 178 fire brigade teams, 20 NDRF teams have been deployed in the 14 districts that will be affected by the Cyclone. Additional rescue teams will be deployed if required.

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