Cyclone Dana Pre Impact: Even before the Cyclone Dana has made landfall, it has already begun to threaten. Damage has started due to heavy rains along with wind in coastal areas. As a result, normal life is getting disrupted. Its effects are now observed in, Jagatsingpur, Kendrapara, Balasore, Bhadrak and Puri districts of Odisha.
The road has been blocked by uprooted trees since last night in Balasore Basta area. Many trees were seen uprooted in Brundabanpur village of Basta block. Firefighters have reached the spot and are clearing the road. If this is the situation before the cyclone, people are afraid of what will happen when the cyclone comes.
The impact of the cyclone has already started also in Puri district The effects of the storm have also been observed in Astaranga Area of Puri district. It rained heavily last night and the wind is blowing. As a result, trees have fallen on the roads.
The fire staff has started clearing roads after the incident. Since last night, firemen have been cutting trees and removing them from the roads in different parts of Ashtaranga. However, as the amount of rain and wind speed increase, this damage will be observed more.
Present Position of Cyclone Dana
According to the met office, ‘The severe cyclonic storm “DANA” (pronounced as Dana) over central & adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 24th October, over northwest & adjoining central Bay of Bengal, near latitude 18.5° N and longitude 88.2°E, about 260 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 290 km south-southeast of Dhamara (Odisha) and 350 km south of Sagar Island (West Bengal).’
It is very likely to move 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.
