Because of the anticipated influence of Cyclone Dana on the coastal area of West Bengal, together with Kolkata, all flight operations at Kolkata Airport will stay suspended from 6 pm on October 24, to 9 am on October 25, mentioned airport officers on Wednesday.
“This determination is in response to the forecasted heavy winds and really heavy rainfall within the space,” mentioned an official.
Officers on the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Worldwide Airport, Kolkata, have performed preparedness conferences, together with a key assembly held at 5 pm on Wednesday, with all stakeholders and the IMD Kolkata director.
The IMD director knowledgeable that wind speeds in Kolkata and surrounding areas might attain 60-70 kmph, gusting as much as 80 kmph, with heavy to very heavy rain anticipated. To make sure the security of passengers and plane, all stakeholders, together with ATC, CNS, and different key airport officers, unanimously determined to droop operations from 6 pm on October 24 to 9 am on October 25.
“Accordingly, NOTAM motion has been initiated,” learn a press release issued by Kolkata Airport.
Prepare companies suspended
The Japanese Railway has additionally determined to droop all native prepare companies from Sealdah station beginning 8 pm on Thursday till 10 am on Friday because of the cyclonic storm Dana, in accordance with officers.
This determination has been taken as a precautionary measure for the security of passengers within the Sealdah division, which serves six districts of West Bengal: North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Murshidabad, Kolkata, and Howrah.
Motion of Cyclone Dana
Cyclone Dana, at present positioned over the East-Central Bay of Bengal, has moved northwestward at a pace of 12 kmph over the previous six hours and was centered at 2.30 pm IST on Wednesday about 540 km south-southeast of Sagar Island, West Bengal.
In response to the climate workplace, it’s anticipated to accentuate right into a extreme cyclonic storm over the Northwest Bay of Bengal by the early morning of October 24 and cross the North Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island, close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara (Odisha), throughout the evening of October 24 to the morning of October 25. The cyclone is predicted to deliver wind speeds of 100-110 kmph, gusting as much as 120 kmph.
“As a extreme cyclonic storm, there’s a excessive probability that it’ll cross North Odisha and Sagar Island in West Bengal between Puri, with wind speeds starting from 100 to 110 kmph,” mentioned Dr Somenath Dutta, Head of the Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata.
