Cyclone Dana is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port in Odisha early Friday with wind speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour (kmph), IMD said. Track all updates here.

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

Cyclone Dana, expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, is set to make landfall in Odisha on Friday.

Travellers should be informed that flight operations at Kolkata Airport will be suspended for 15 hours, beginning at 6 PM on October 24, due to the anticipated effects of Cyclone Dana

The IMD director informed that wind speeds in Kolkata and surrounding areas could reach 60-70 kmph, gusting up to 80 kmph, with heavy to very heavy rain expected.

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.

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.