Tropical Storm Dana has made landfall along India’s eastern coast, uprooting trees with torrential rains and strong winds.The storm entered Odisha state last night with maximum sustained winds of around 68mph and gusts are expected up to 75mph,

Cyclone Dana is most likely to track northwest-wards and move across Odisha through the day on Friday and further weaken into a deep depression towards evening, the Met officials said.

Heavy rain and gusty winds impacted normal lives in Odisha and West Bengal as Cyclone Dana battered India's eastern coast disrupting some civic services and damaging crops and trees. The landfall process began on Thursday midnight and is expected to gradually slow down in the early hours of Friday.