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Cyclone Dana Makes Landfall in Odisha

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  25 Oct 2024, 10:27
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Strong winds and heavy rainfall hit coastal Odisha as Cyclone Dana made landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra after midnight on Thursday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Cyclone Dana made landfall around 12:10 am between Bhitarkanika in Kendrapara and Dhamra in Bhadrak. Manorama Mohanty, regional director of IMD Bhubaneswar, said that the landfall process would continue until Friday morning, after which the cyclone would weaken and recurve towards Dhenkanal and Angul districts instead of Keonjhar.

When the cyclone’s center reaches land, wind speeds are expected to increase to 120 kmph, with the landfall process likely to last four to five hours. The Doppler weather radar is closely monitoring the system at Paradip.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had inquired about the state's preparedness to handle the cyclone's impact. Majhi added that approximately 5.84 lakh people had been evacuated from high-risk, low-lying zones in coastal areas.

The Odisha government initially planned to evacuate one million people. However, officials revised this estimate after realizing that Cyclone Dana would be much weaker than originally feared.

The IMD has also said that scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm), with isolated extremely heavy rainfall (over 20 cm), is likely in the districts of Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Balasore, and Mayurbhanj.

From Friday morning to Saturday morning, similar conditions are expected in isolated areas of Jajpur, Bhadrak, Puri, Dhenkanal, Khordha, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, and Angul, according to an IMD official.

Meanwhile, there is still no impact in Kolkata. But it is raining sporadically. Which feels like any other normal rain. The Alipore Meteorological Department has said that there is little risk of a severe storm in Kolkata. If the grain moves further, it may have a maximum wind speed of 80 kmph in Kolkata.

According to the West Bengal Meteorological Department, the process of the cyclone has started at 11:12 pm on Thursday. They are monitoring the movement of the cyclone.

Earlier it was said that due to the impact of Dana, huge tidal waves will be seen along the coast of West Bengal. Wave heights can range from 9 feet to 14 feet. Coastal residents were accordingly warned. A red alert has been issued in four districts. Millions of coastal people have been evacuated.

On the other hand, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said that moderate to heavy rainfall has occurred in Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, and Chattogram divisions since 3 pm on Thursday due to the influence of strong cyclone Dana.

Heavy (44-88 mm) to very heavy (289 mm) rainfall with gusty winds is likely to occur over the North Bay of Bengal and adjacent coastal areas of Bangladesh and its outlying islands under the influence of the advanced part of the cyclone.

The maximum sustained wind speed is 90 km/h within 64 km of the cyclone center, increasing to 110 km/h in gusts or gusty winds. The sea seems very rough in the vicinity of the cyclone center.

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