Cyclone Dana effect: Heavy rain to continue over Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand today

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The IMD has issued a 'red' alert connected Friday for Odisha and West Bengal wherever highly dense rainfall (over 200mm successful 24-hours) is likely. (PTI)

The landfall process of Cyclone Dana, which touched the Odisha seashore adjacent Bhitarkanika and Dhamra arsenic a ‘severe’ tempest astir Thursday midnight, is complete, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said successful its 10 americium bulletin connected Friday.

The landfall process of ‘severe’ cyclone Dana took astir 10 hours and is being seen arsenic 1 of the dilatory moving storms aft it moved to land. With this, its intensity, too, has reduced to the cyclone category, the IMD said.

As per the latest determination updates, the tempest was located 30 km northeast of Bhadrak and 50 km north-northwest of Dhamra. Cyclone Dana is astir apt to way northwest-wards and determination crossed Odisha done the time connected Friday and further weaken into a heavy slump towards evening, the Met officials said.

Since Thursday, heightened rainfall has been experienced implicit coastal districts of Odisha. Even connected Friday, the tempest volition proceed to origin dense to precise dense rainfall implicit Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand arsenic cyclone Dana volition determination northwestwards crossed Odisha connected Friday.

With packing upwind speeds ranging betwixt 85-90 km/hr gusting to 105km/hr apt to prevail successful relation with the storm, the IMD has issued a ‘red’ alert connected Friday for Odisha and West Bengal wherever highly dense rainfall (over 200mm successful 24-hours) is likely.

Baleswar, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Khordha, Puri, North and South 24 Parganas, East and West Medinipur, Jhargram, Howrah, Hooghly, Kolkata and Bankura districts volition beryllium affected. An ‘orange’ alert exists for confederate Jharkhand districts, Kerala and Mahe connected Friday whereas a ‘yellow’ alert has been issued for Bihar, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and southbound interior Karnataka connected the day.

Gale upwind with speeds ranging betwixt 100-110km/hour gusting to 120km/hr shall prevail on the coasts of northbound Odisha and eastbound Medinipur, with the IMD informing fishermen against venturing into the sea.

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