With wind gusts of up to 120 kilometers per hour (kmph), the powerful cyclonic storm “Dana” is predicted to make landfall in Odisha early on Friday between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port. Cyclonic storm Dana is expected to affect approximately 3.62 lakh people from 1,653 villages across 11 districts, according to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who also stated that all evacuations must be finished by the evening. As a result, almost 10 lakh residents in cyclone-prone coastal areas are being moved to relief camps. On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made two calls to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to ask if the state was prepared for the storm that was approaching.
Because of Cyclone “Dana’s” forecasted strong gusts and heavy rains, flight operations at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport were halted from 6 p.m. on Thursday till 9 a.m. on October 25. Over the following two days, North Eastern states are expected to see widespread rainfall due to its effect, with certain regions possibly seeing heavy showers on occasion. Additionally, IMD has released a weather forecast that predicts widespread rain, thunderstorms, and possibly heavy to extremely heavy spells in a number of Northeastern locations on Friday. of several parts of Mizoram, mild to moderate rain is predicted, with isolated places of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Manipur also seeing light rain.
