Heading to Puri? Check IMD's latest update on cyclone Dana that is slated to hit coast in 48 hours
Cyclone Dana is likely to make landfall between north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Islands, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said. The low-pressure area developed over the east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining the north Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a depression by October 22 morning.
«The depression over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 6 kmph during past 3 hours and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 22nd October, over the same region near latitude 15.5° N and longitude 91.0°E, about 700 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 750 km south-southeast of Sagar Island (West Bengal) and 730 km south-southeast of Khepupara (Bangladesh),» the IMD said in its latest weather bulletin.
«It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm by 23rd October, 2024 over eastcentral Bay of Bengal. Thereafter, continuing to move northwestwards, it is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over northwest Bay of Bengal by morning of 24th and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during night of 24th and morning of 25th October, 2024 as a severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph,» it added.
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The weather office has warned that the low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal may develop into cyclone Dana by October 23, with landfall expected
