Bhubaneswar: The severe cyclonic storm ‘DANA’ over northwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 13 kmph during past six hours and lay centred at 05 30 PM today over the same region.
It is located about 100 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 130 km south-southeast of Dhamara (Odisha) and 210 km south of Sagar Island (West Bengal).
It is very likely to move north-northwestwards and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara (Odisha) during mid-night of 24th to morning of 25th October, 2024 as a severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph.
The system is under continuous surveillance of the Doppler Weather Radar at Paradip and Gopalpur.
