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PremiumCyclone Dana Highlights: The low pressure area, set to transform into a cyclonic storm by October 23, will hit Odisha and West Bengal coast on October 24-25. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued heavy rainfall alert for the two states.
Meanwhile, Odisha government has announced closure of schools in coastal districts and has begun preparation of ‘100% evacuation’ of people from areas which are at risk of maximum destruction due to cyclone Dana, reported Indian Express.
The meteorological department has predicted the cyclonic storm to hit the Odisha-West Bengal coast this week. The exact location of the landfall is not known, but IMD said, “…the system is very likely to cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during the night of October 24 and early morning October 25 as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph with gusting 120 kmph"
“A low pressure area is very likely to form over the east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea during next 24 hours. It is very likely to move west-north-westwards and intensify into a depression by October 22 morning and into a cyclonic storm by October 23 over east-central Bay of Bengal," the IMD said in its latest bulletin.
IMD Director-General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the system is likely to take the shape of a severe cyclonic storm. He said parts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall from October 23 onwards.
"Some places in the coastal region may experience 20 cm rainfall on October 24-25. The intensity of the spell may also increase to 20 to 30 cm, and above 30 at some places," he told a local TV channel in Bhubaneswar.
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Cyclone Dana Live Updates: "In case of possible storm and heavy rainfall, all the MLAs must be present in their respective constituencies to coordinate with the district administration to deal with the storm and expedite relief and rescue operations. All the MLAs should try their best to stay with the people of their respective constituencies and give them the necessary support," Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Odisha government today announced the closure of two of its ecological hotspots - Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district and Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district - in view of an impending severe cyclonic storm.
Both the Mayurbhanj and Kendrapara districts have been identified as “Red Zone" as the IMD forecast a severe cyclonic storm will cross the east coast between October 24 night to October 25 morning.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Stay safe and follow all updates! The Police Control Room at SP Office, Puri is fully operational. For assistance, contact 06752-223940 or 9438916543.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: South Western Railway cancels 10 train services due to Cyclone Dana
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: South Central Railway cancels 37 trains due to Cyclone ‘DANA’ over East Coast Railway
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: "Sixty teams of Odisha Fire department, Twenty teams of NDRF and Seventeen teams of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force will be sent to their respective locations...We have all the necessary equipment to carry out the rescue operations...The public should also be well-prepared and follow the advisory issued by the respective departments..." Odisha DG Fire Services, Dr Sudhanshu Sarangi said.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: ‘It is very likely to intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over northwest Bay of Bengal by morning of 24th and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during night of 24th to morning of 25th October, 2024 as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph’, the IMD said.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: "Given the cyclone 'Dana', two teams of NDRF have arrived here and we have all the necessary equipment to carry out the rescue operations. We will follow all the guidelines which will be given by the district administration...We are ready and prepared for every challenge...," NDRF Team Commander PK Jadav said in Kendrapara, Odisha.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: "We are fully prepared with line departments and field teams on alert. The availability of all basic facilities at temporary and permanent cyclone shelters has been reviewed. The evacuation plan is ready, also preparation for the restoration work is done. Our mission is to do restoration at the earliest. We have 26 permanent cyclone shelters and many temporary shelters to be set up at nearby schools, " Jajpur collector Anvesha Sethi said
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Sundarbans administration has launched an awareness campaign ahead of Cyclone Dana's expected landfall on Thursday. Pilgrims of Kapilmuni Temple in Gangasagar have been advised to stay away from the sea shore.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Fire services and Disaster Response Team prepared with tree cutters and other required equipment for rescue and restoration work in affected areas.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Sharing rainfall forecasts from Day 1 to Day 7, starting from October 23 when Cyclone Dana is set to intensify, the IMD said on October 23 (Day 1), Koraput and Malkangiri districts of Odisha very likely to face isolated rainfall. Other districts are predicted to remain majorly unaffected on October 23 with no rainfall.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: "...It has intensified into a depression...It is lying over the east-central bay of Bengal...It is likely to move northwestward and intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 23 by the east central bay of Bengal..." Manorama Mohanty, Director IMD Bhubaneswar, said on cyclonic storm Dana.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The Indian Coast Guard on Tuesday said it was on high alert and had mobilised its vessels and aircraft to respond swiftly to any contingency owing to a cyclonic storm that was likely to form over the Bay of Bengal.
"The ICG has mobilised its vessels and aircraft, positioning them strategically to respond swiftly to any emergency situations," the ICG said in a statement
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Odisha govt on Tuesday said it has kept ready around 800 cyclone shelters for people who will be evacuated from vulnerable areas. Officials have so far visited 250 cyclone relief centres where the people will be housed after evacuation, Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management minister Suresh Pujari said, adding that food, water, medicine, electricity and other essentials are kept in readiness for the people to be evacuated due to the impending cyclone.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Cyclone Dana was named by Qatar as part of the tropical cyclone naming system formulated by the World Meteorological Organisation. (Read full story)
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Odisha Director of Health Services Mohapatra on Tuesday said that his department is prepared to deal with situations raised after cyclone Dana's landfall.
Speaking to ANI, Bijay Kumar Mohapatra said, "We are prepared... Every year we are anticipating cyclones and we are facing those cyclones. we have a definite protocol for preparation of management."
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Due to the upcoming cyclone, heavy rainfall is expected in southern West Bengal districts on October 24 and 25, the IMD said.
The weather system will bring heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy downpours at one or two places in the districts of South 24 Parganas, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and Jhargram.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The IMD on Tuesday said that the well-marked low-pressure area over the east-central Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards, concentrated into a depression and lay centred at 730 km southeast of Paradip in Odisha and 770 km south-southeast of Sagar island in West Bengal around 5.30 am.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The main districts which will be the most affected by Cyclone Dana are yet to be identified. An Odisha Police officer has said that they the police force is prepared for the situation and is closely observing the course of cyclone.
"We are waiting for the cyclone to hit, whether it will hit Bangladesh or Odisha, our action will depend on that and preparations are in place for now," Sadangi told reporters
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Heavy rainfall in several Andhra Pradesh districts led to severe flood-like situations on Monday. A drone video, shared by PTI shows the situation in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The Odisha government has cancelled the leaves of all staff from October 23 to October 25 in the wake of cyclone forecast.
In a letter to all the departments, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) DK Singh has asked them to remain prepared to tackle the challenges of the impending calamity.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Odisha Director General of Police Sudhanshu Sekhar Sadangi said that the police's preparations are in place to tackle the situations arising out of cyclone 'Dana.'
IMD stated that Cyclone Dana would cross the north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during the night of October 24 and early morning of October 25.
"We are waiting for the cyclone to hit, whether it will hit Bangladesh or Odisha, our action will depend on that and preparations are in place for now," Sadangi told reporters here.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Odisha CM on Monday said that preparations are underway to deal with Cyclone Dana.
The Chief Minister said that cyclone shelters will be equipped with all necessities and essential commodities.
"Discussion was also held for early restoration of power and water supply and telephone and road communication. Uninterrupted electricity will be ensured to hospitals. The concerned department has already kept a close watch to prevent hoarding or overcharging of essential commodities," the Chief Minister said.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Odisha's Energy Principal Secretary, Hemanta Sharma, has said that his department is carefully monitoring all the grids, emergency transmission towers and other energy infrastructure in the state ahead of the cyclone.
"All preparations are going on. Our electricity distribution companies in Baleswar, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Puri, and Cuttack have alerted their executive engineers and SDPOs and set up a control room. Manpower has been arranged to repair and restore any kind of damage," Sharma told ANI.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Odisha Director General of Police Sudhanshu Sekhar Sadangi on Tuesday said that the police's preparations are in place to tackle the situations arising out of cyclone 'Dana.'
IMD stated that Cyclone Dana would cross the north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during the night of October 24 and early morning of October 25.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Cyclone Dana is expected to make landfall in north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island on the night of October 24 and morning October 25 with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The exact place of landfall is yet to be confirmed, but IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said that Odisha will face the maximum brunt of Cyclone Dana.
IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Sunday said that Odisha is likely to bear the maximum brunt of the cyclonic storm. The cyclone would spend maximum time on the Odisha coast leading to heavy to very heavy rainfall and high speed wind up to 100 km/hour.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The IMD has issued alert for Odisha and West Bengal due to heavy rainfall ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Dana. The IMD in a special message said Sunday's upper air cyclonic circulation over North Andaman Sea and adjoining Bay of Bengal has formed a low-pressure area over the eastcentral Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea in the early morning.
"It is very likely to intensify into a depression by October 22 morning and into a cyclonic storm by October 23, over eastcentral Bay of Bengal," the IMD said.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The inauguration of ₹450 crore modern passenger terminal at Petrapole on the Indo-Bangladesh border has been postponed in the wake of Cyclone Dana. The terminal was set to be inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah, has been postponed due to the impending cyclone Dana, an official said.
According to sources, Shah was supposed to inaugurate the terminal on October 24.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday said that the state government is fully prepared to tackle any situation arising out of Cyclone Dana.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Cyclone Dana would cross the north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during the night of October 24 and early morning of October 25.
"Zero casualties will be ensured. There is no need to panic. The government is fully prepared to tackle the situation," Majhi said after a review meeting on the state's cyclone preparedness.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Odisha government has urged tourists to leave Puri as soon as the district is likely to be affected by the severe cyclonic storm, reported PTI.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Indian President Droupadi Murmu's 3-day visit to Odisha postponed in the wake of cyclone.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to West Bengal was postponed due to cyclone Dana. Amit Shah was set to inaugurate ₹450 crore modern passenger terminal at Bengal’s Petrapole on the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: While assuring of zero casualty in the areas which are at risk due to the cyclone, Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi said, “Zero casualty will be ensured. There is no need to panic. Government is fully prepared to tackle the situation. 100% evacuation will be made after identifying vulnerable areas. NDRF, ODRAF & Fire Services teams are kept ready. Government is closely monitoring the situation. Cyclone shelters will be equipped with all basic necessities and essential commodities. Discussion also held for early restoration of power and water supply and telephone and road communication. Uninterrupted electricity will be ensured to hospitals. Concerned department has already kept a close watch to prevent hoarding or overcharging of essential commodities."
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: In the wake of heavy rainfall in West Bengal districts, IMD has alerted the coastal districts of Purba and Paschim Medinipur and North and South 24 Parganas on October 23.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: In the wake of upcoming cyclone, schools will remain shut in multiple Odisha districts including Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Angul, Khurda, Nayagargh and Cuttack districts from October 23-25, reported ANI sharing government order.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Special Relief Commissioner asked several schools and Mass Education department to shut schools in districts affected by the cyclone.
The schools will remain closed in the districts of Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Angul, Khordha, Nayagarh and Cuttack districts.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates:Meanwhile, Odisha government has announced closure of schools in coastal districts and has begun preparation of ‘100% evacuation’ of people from areas which are at risk of maximum destruction due to cyclone Dana.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The approaching cyclone is likely to cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during night of October 24 and early morning October 25 as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph with gusting 120 kmph, said IMD
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: In the wake of the approaching cyclone, Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo on Monday said that multiple departments in the state have been instructed to be on high alert as the IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in the state due to cyclone 'Dana'.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: "On behalf of the administration, I want to inform the people of district that we are full prepared. While the IMD prediction has not clearly specified where exactly the landfall will take place and what will be its intensity, but when cyclone happens, the wind speed goes up to 110 kmph. As far as Bhadrak is concerned, no warning has been issued for tomorrow. A yellow warning has been issued for Oct 23..." says Bhadrak District Collector Dilip Routrai on the district administration's preparations for Cyclone Dana.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has kept 14 teams in West Bengal and 11 teams in Odisha on standby for deployment. Rescue and relief teams of the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard along with ships and aircraft have been kept in readiness.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to review preparedness for the impending cyclone in the Bay of Bengal on Monday.
With the IMD forecasting a severe cyclonic storm with wind speed of 100-120 kmph slated to hit the Odisha coast by October 25, the Odisha govt today issued an advisory asking tourists to vacate pilgrim town Puri soon.
"The tourists who have come to Puri should leave the seaside pilgrim town soon as the district is likely to be affected by the severe cyclonic storm," PTI quoted State Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari as saying
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal on Monday intensified and is likely to turn into a cyclonic storm by October 23 which will cross between Puri in Odisha and Sagar island in West Bengal, the IMD said
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: The Met office forecast heavy rain in the coastal districts of East Midnapore, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts on October 23.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: IMD Bhubaneswar issues wind warning for Odisha on October 24 and 25, says Balasore, Bhadrakh, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack to face wind speed of 100 to 110 KMPH gusting to 120 KMPH.
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: Advising fishermen not to venture into the sea from October 23 to 25, the IMD warned that wind speed is likely to reach 60 kmph along and off Odisha-West Bengal coasts from October 23 and gradually increase to 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph, from October 24 night till October 25 morning
Cyclone Dana Live Updates: "... Rainfall activity is likely to increase over coastal districts of Odisha. On October 23, heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places with thunderstorms and lightning in several districts," says IMD Bhubaneswar Director Manorama.
