Cyclone Dana: How Did The Storm That Hit Odisha, West Bengal Got Its Name?
Cyclone Dana made landfall on the Odisha coast on Thursday night, and the landfall was complete on Friday morning, and the system took at least eight and a half hours to enter the landmass. Heavy rains packed with gusty winds lashed parts of southern West Bengal as the landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm “Dana” continued to tear through the Odisha coast since midnight.