Cyclone Dana hits Odisha

On 25^th October 2024, a severe cyclone hits Odisha. Due to the severe effect of cyclone, some parts of the Odisha streets, hospital is flooded and water logging. The state is likely to continue severe due to heavy rainfall and cyclone as it will weaken on Friday. Many parts of the street trees are uprooted and due to which, fire safety service team cope up in removing the uprooted trees which is blocking the road as many find inconvenient to commute the road. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) the cyclonic storm Dana moves from north towards north westwards with a speed of 12 kmph and lay centred over north coastal Odisha about 15 km north of Dhamara and 30 km north to northwest of Habalikhati nature camp Bhitarkanika. According to the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, one person died in the state of West Bengal due to the impact of the Odisha cyclone Dana. The source said that, the man died in his residence while conducting some cable related works and the body is sent for post mortem from which the cause of the death will be clear. Large parts of the Kolkata also faced severe problem such as water logging due to the wide spread of the cyclonic Dana which happen in Odisha. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) also alarm the neighbouring states of Bihar, northeast to take precaution as there is a possibility of thunderstorm, lightning, heavy rainfall and strong wind pressure due to the impact of the cyclone Dana.