Bhubaneswar: The severe cyclonic storm “Dana” (pronounced as Dana) over northwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 13 kmph during past three hours and lay centred at 09.30 PM today over the same region, about 60 km east of Paradip, 80 km south-southeast of Dhamara and 180 km south-southwest 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.