Cyclone Dana Landfall, Weather forecast Today In West Bengal, Odisha Live Updates: After the landfall process of severe cyclonic storm Dana has been completed, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said no deaths were reported in the state and their zero-casualty mission was successful. Heavy rain and gusty winds lashed Odisha and West Bengal as the storm made its landfall on Thursday night. The coastal districts of Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Balasore and nearby Jagatsinghpur district witnessed sudden increase in wind speed which reached 100 kmph to 110 kmph and extremely heavy rain. Flight operations, which were suspended in both Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in West Bengal and Bhubaneswar Airport in view of the cyclone, resumed at 8 am today.
What’s the forecast? The storm is likely to move west-northwestwards across north Odisha and weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm by today forenoon, the India Meteorological Department said in a post on X. With the weather department predicting flash floods, both Odisha and West Bengal governments remain on high alert and train and flight operations in both the states have been suspended.
Is there any report of destruction or death? No, there has been no report of any major damage or casualty so far. Lauding the ‘zero-casualty’ mission, CM Majhi said, “Ahead of the formation of a cyclonic system in the Bay of Bengal, the Odisha government had set a target of ‘Zero Casualty’ and worked in that direction from day one of the preparation.”