Here Are 10 Points On Cyclone Dana:
The landfall process of Cyclone Dana began on the Odisha coast around midnight with the districts of Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Balasore and Jagatsinghpur witnessing wind speeds of 110 kmph and extremely heavy rain.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), in an update around 10 am, said the landfall process was completed and the system took at least eight and half hours to enter the landmass.
Dana, which was named by Qatar, is likely to weaken gradually in the next six hours, the weather agency said.
Reports of trees getting uprooted and some areas getting inundated were received from Odisha. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi claimed that the state has achieved its "Zero Casualty Mission" as there has been no report regarding any loss of human life or injury due to the severe cyclonic storm.
In neighbouring West Bengal, a person died in the South 24 Parganas district's Patharpratima. He was working on a cable during the storm when he died. East Midnapore and Kolkata witnessed the impact of the cyclone and reports of waterlogging were received from several areas.
The services at Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik International Airport and Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, which were suspended on Thursday evening as part of precautionary measures, resumed at 8 am today.
Authorities in both states evacuated lakhs of people, shut schools, cancelled more than 400 trains, and suspended flight operations as they braced for the severe cyclonic storm.
In Odisha, the Mohan Charan Majhi-led government had said that they evacuated about 5.8 lakh people and deployed 385 rescue teams comprising National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) 51, Fire Service and Forest staff.
In Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said 2,43,374 people have taken shelter in camps.
She also stayed the entire Thursday night at the state secretariat and personally monitored the situation.
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