Bhubaneswar: The severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ over northwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past six hours and lay centred at 08.30 PM today, over the same region.
It is located about 70 km east-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 90 km south-southeast of Dhamara (Odisha) and 190 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.