Cyclone Dana: Will reach near Bhitarkanika and Dhamra of Odisha
Cyclone Dana: Tonight, Cyclone Dana is expected to reach land close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamra in Odisha, with winds of between 100 and 120 km/h. West Bengal and Odisha are both on high alert, with train and air services stopped and the vulnerable population evacuated.
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Beginning Thursday night, the cyclone is expected to move over the coast of West Bengal and north Odisha between Puri and Sagar Island, which is between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra.
“On the evening of October 24, rainfall will start, and it will last until the morning of October 25. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, the Director-General of the Indian Meteorological Department, or IMD, said that the greatest wind speed during this period is probably going to be about 120 kmph.
According to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Manjhi, plans have been put in place to guarantee the safety of residents in the districts of Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Jagatsinghpur, and Puri, which are in the cyclone’s course.
“Over 30% of individuals have been transported as part of ongoing evacuation operations. The Chief Minister said that the operation would continue all night with the goal of evacuating 90% of the population by 11 a.m. tomorrow. He stated that between three and four lakh people have already been evacuated.
Beginning Thursday evening, flight operations at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneshar will be halted for 16 hours. In the state, train services have also been halted.
Over 1.4 lakh people in West Bengal have been evacuated from the Sundarbans, Kakdwip, and Sagar Island, which would be impacted. Bankura, Hooghly, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas, Paschim and Purba Medinipur, and Kolkata would all see an additional 2.8 lakh people evacuated.
Beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, flight operations at the Kolkata airport will be halted for 15 hours. 190 local trains have been canceled by the Eastern Railway.
As a precaution, visitors to coastal regions including Digha, Shankarpur, and Tajpur in Bengal have been urged to remain inside and refrain from going into the water.
In both states, there have been many battalions of disaster relief workers. Fishermen have been warned not to sail on both days due to the Coast Guard’s caution.
56 teams from the National Disaster Relief Force are spread throughout five states, including West Bengal and Odisha. Of the 17 teams in West Bengal, 13 are in reserve, while Odisha has 20 teams, one of which is in reserve. Due to the possibility of floods and severe rains in Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, nine teams each have been sent there, while one team is located in Chhattisgarh.