Cyclone Dana: Landfall likely in Odisha tonight
As of 5.30 am today, the IMD reported that the cyclone was located 350 km south of Sagar Island (West Bengal) and 290 km south-southeast of Dhamara (Odisha). It is anticipated that the landfall would occur in odisha, between Dhamra port and Bhitarkanika National Park.
The bhubaneswar airport will halt flight operations from 5 p.m. today until 9 a.m. on Friday, while the kolkata airport will halt operations from 6 p.m. on thursday until 9 a.m. tomorrow. Following the storm, about 200 trains that were scheduled to pass through the two neighboring states have been canceled.
By wednesday evening, almost 3 lakh people had been evacuated from odisha, while more than 1.14 lakh people had been moved to shelters in West Bengal.