Odisha CM Mohan Majhi and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee continue to monitor situation in their respective states.

Cyclone Dana makes landfall on Odisha coast with wind speeds up to 110 kmph, causing heavy rain and uprooted trees but no major damage reported.

Cyclone Dana surged toward the Bengal-Odisha coast on Wednesday, with landfall expected between Bhitarkanika and Dhamara in northern Odisha, approxim

Cyclone Dana makes landfall on Odisha coast between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra, as IMD monitors it closely. Wind speeds may reach 120 kmph.

Cyclone Dana began its landfall process at Odisha coast after midnight. With wind speeds gusting at 120 kms per hour, the several cyclonic storm is likely to move north-northwestwards.

IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on October 24 expected that Cyclone Dana would move north-northwestward and cross Odisha, West Bengal between Puri and Sagar island. “The cyclone Dana intensified into a severe cyclonic storm last midnight and moved north north-westward and today in the forenoon it is lying centred about 200 km southeast.

The Kolkata airport suspended flight operations for 15 hours from Thursday evening in the wake of Cyclone Dana, a senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said

Attention for flyers! In the wake of the possible impact of Cyclone Dana, flight operations have been suspended from Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Air Airport and Bhubaneswar Airport.