The cyclonic storm is expected to intensify into a depression by October 22 morning and a cyclonic storm by October 23, before moving towards the northwest Bay of Bengal, nearing the Odisha-West Bengal coasts by the morning of October 24. 

According to the weather office, wind speeds in the Central Bay of Bengal are forecasted to reach 35 to 45 km/h, with gusts up to 55 km/h, from October 22 to 24, leading to rough to very rough sea conditions.

A red warning has been issued for isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall for Puri, Khurda, Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur districts on October 24 (Thursday).

Cyclone Dana will likely cause extremely heavy rainfall in Odisha and West Bengal on October 24 and 25, and heavy rainfall in both states till Friday, the weather body said.

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday forecast the track and anticipated wind speed and intensity of the possible cyclone ‘Dana’ brewing over Bay of Bengal. ‘Dana’ is likely to make landfall as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph on October 24. Odisha is likely […]

Odisha is on high alert as Cyclone Dana approaches with wind speeds up to 110 kph. NDRF has deployed 25 teams, and the state aims for 100% evacuation and zero casualties.