After Cyclone Dana made landfall on the coast of Odisha and West Bengal, and continued by way of Thursday evening, the tail of the cyclone crossed land on Friday at 1.30 am. The IMD has issued an alert for heavy to very heavy rain in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, and Jhargram until Friday, whereas heavy rain could proceed until Saturday in Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, and South 24 Parganas.
The IMD mentioned that in West Bengal, East Midnapore was prone to be most affected by the cyclone. Vacationers had been requested to evacuate the resorts in seaside locations Digha and Mandarmani, whereas meteorologists mentioned that the peak of the waves could be a lot larger than “regular”. A storm has been raging on the coast of West Bengal since Thursday evening with a velocity of greater than 100 km.
As a result of cyclone, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Worldwide Airport in Kolkata was closed for flights on Thursday however resumed operations at 8 am on Friday together with the Bhubaneshwar airport in Odisha.
Kolkata has to this point not been considerably affected by the cyclone, with comparatively much less rain and a most wind velocity of 80 km per hour.
At current, the cyclone is situated 50 km north-northwest of Habalikhati. It’s anticipated to lose power and grow to be a low-pressure space earlier than taking a south-west flip.
“The extreme cyclonic storm Dana over north coastal Odisha moved north-northwestwards with a velocity of 10 kmph and lay centred at 5.30 am as we speak, October 25, over the identical area about 20 km north-northwest of Dhamara, 30 km east of Bhadrak and 40 km north-northwest of Habalikhati nature camp (Bhitarkanika). It’s prone to transfer practically northwestwards throughout north Odisha and weaken regularly right into a cyclonic storm by forenoon of as we speak,” learn an announcement by the IMD.
