Cyclone Dana aftermath updates: One killed in West Bengal; govt. evacuated over two lakh people, says Mamata Banerjee

The landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm Dana was complete on Friday morning and the system took at least eight and half hours to enter the landmass, IMD said

Updated - October 25, 2024 07:59 pm IST

Strong winds sweep through Digha after the landfall of Cyclone ‘Dana’, in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Heavy rains packed with gusty winds lashed parts of southern West Bengal as the landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ continued to tear through the Odisha coast since midnight.

Strong winds sweep through Digha after the landfall of Cyclone ‘Dana’, in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Heavy rains packed with gusty winds lashed parts of southern West Bengal as the landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ continued to tear through the Odisha coast since midnight. | Photo Credit: PTI

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Cyclone Dana spared Odisha and West Bengal of any severe damage to infrastructure while flight and rail operations resumed on Friday (October 25, 2024) after the cyclonic storm completed landfall, triggering heavy rains and uprooting of trees and electric poles.

Also Read: Cyclone Dana makes landfall highlights

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi asserted that no fatality report has been received so far and the state achieved its ‘zero casualty mission’, while West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said one person died due to the natural calamity.

The severe cyclonic storm Dana completed its landfall around 8.30 am on Friday and the system took at least eight and half hours to enter the landmass, the IMD said.

The landfall of ‘Dana’ started around 12.05 am on Friday (October 25, 2024) between Bhitarkanika in Kendrapara and Dhamra in Bhadrak district of Odisha with wind speeds of around 110 kmph.

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Helpline numbers for Odisha: BALESORE: 06782-262286 / 261077 MAYURBHANJ: 06792-252759 / 252941 BHADRAK: 06784-251881 JAJPUR: 06728-222648 KENDRAPADA: 06727-232803 KEONJHAR: 06766-255437 JAGATSINGHPUR: 06724-220368 CUTTACK: 0671-2507842 DHENKANAL: 06762-226507 / 221376 PURI: 06752-223237 BMC (BBSR) TOLL FREE NUMBER-1929 EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT SYSTEM: 112

Helpline numbers for West Bengal: 24X7 helpline: 2214 3526 WEST BENGAL POLICE: 033 22145486 / 22141988 WEST MEDINIPUR DISTRICT CONTROL ROOM: 03222 267983 WEST MEDINIPUR SPECIAL CONTROL ROOM :6296060699/100 KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION: 91 33 2286- 1212/ 1313/ 1414

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Cyclone Dana strikes Odisha on early October 25

  • October 25, 2024 19:09
    Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve to remain closed for tourists till October 28 due to rainfall: Official

    Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district will remain closed for visitors till October 28 due to heavy rain in the forest, an official said on Friday.

    In view of Cyclone Dana, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) was closed to visitors from October 23 to October 25. It was scheduled to reopen on Saturday (October 25, 2024). 

    However, due to heavy rainfall in the area, the tiger reserve authority has now extended the closure period by another three days, the STR official said. 

    Spread over 2,750 sq km of area, the tiger reserve has varieties of plant species and 96 types of orchids. It is home to 42 species of mammals, 242 varieties of birds and 30 reptile categories.

    -PTI

  • October 25, 2024 18:06
    Cyclone Dana spares Bengal from major destruction, govt. remains on high alert

    While Severe Cyclone Dana spared West Bengal from large-scale destruction unlike previous storms like Amphan and Bulbul, it breached embankments and brought torrential rains, causing considerable property damage in the southern areas, keeping the administration on high alert even after the storm passed on Friday morning.

    At an administrative review meeting after the cyclone, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said one person died in the aftermath of the storm, even though the administration had evacuated around 2.16 lakh people from low-lying areas in advance.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 17:03
    Restoration of traffic for trains

    12704 Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma Express left Cuttack Station at about 2:40pm.

    17016 Secunderabad-Howrah Visakha Express arrived at Bhubaneswar on time. Movement of a few passengers has started in Bhubaneswar. 12840 Chennai-Howrah Coromandal Express left Bhubaneswar at about 1540hrs. The first train from Bhadrak is Bhadrak-Paradeep, it will depart at 3.30pm from Bhadrak.

    11020 Bhubaneswar-Mumbai CSMT Konark Express left Bhubaneswar on Time.

    22824 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani express, the first train after the cyclone departed from Bhadrak towards Bhubaneswar at 3:25 pm.

    Kendujhargarh-Paradeep MEMU will run from Kendujhargarh at 4:30pm today.

    Tatanagar-Brahmapur Vande Bharat via Kendujhargarh is running today as per schedule time.

    The first train after cyclone, passed through Talcher Road is 20808 Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Hirakud Express.

    The first train from Puri after the cyclone is Puri-Bangiriposi which will leave Puri at 4:30pm. 

    - Maitri Porecha

  • October 25, 2024 16:12
    Cyclone Dana spares Odisha, Bengal of major damage, brings heavy rains

    Odisha and West Bengal were spared from any severe damage to houses and infrastructure the Cyclone, but it was reported that trees and electric poles were reported. Train and flight services resumed in the two states even as the weather system completed landfall on Friday (October 25, 2024) morning, triggering heavy rains in the region.

    Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi asserted that no fatality report has been received so far and the state achieved its ‘zero casualty mission’, while West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said one person died due to the natural calamity.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 15:56
    Rain lashes parts of Jharkhand

    “Rain lashed parts of Jharkhand on Friday (October 25, 2024) under the influence of cyclonic storm Dana,” a Met Department official said. 

    The Kolhan region of Jharkhand comprising West Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharswan and East Singhbhum districts witnessed spells of light to moderate rainfall since Thursday (October 20, 2024) night, while other parts of the state are experiencing cloudy weather coupled with intermittent rains.

    Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren said he was continuously monitoring the cyclonic system for the last 24 hours.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 15:38
    Met forecasts heavy rain in south Bengal districts as severe cyclone ‘Dana’ weakens post landfall

    The Met Office, on Friday (October 25, 2024), warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall in several south Bengal districts, including Kolkata, as the severe cyclone ‘Dana’ weakened into a cyclonic storm after completing the landfall process in neighbouring Odisha. 

    The weather office forecast heavy to very heavy rain in Purba Medinipur, North and South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, Purulia and Bankura districts on Friday (October 25, 2024), while extremely heavy rain is likely in Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts.

    Dana, which has completed the landfall process between Dhamra and Bhitarkanika in neighbouring Odisha this morning, is likely to weaken further into a deep depression by Friday (October 25, 2024) afternoon.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 14:50
    One dead in cyclone Dana in Bengal: Mamata

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that one person died in the state in cyclone Dana, even as the administration evacuated around 2.16 lakh people from the low-lying areas.

    Ms. Banerjee, who held a review meeting at the state secretariat after spending the night there to monitor the situation, directed the officials to ensure that relief materials reach all those affected by the cyclone.

    “Only one person died in this natural disaster. The man died at his residence while conducting some cable-related work. It is quite unfortunate. The postmortem examination will give us a clear picture. If required we (state government) will help the family,” Ms. Banerjee said.

    -PTI

  • October 25, 2024 14:45
    Heavy rains, stormy winds, waterlogging in south Bengal as Dana makes landfall on Odisha coast

    Heavy rains and gusty winds lashed Kolkata and adjoining areas in southern West Bengal on Friday (October 25, 2024) morning, after severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ made landfall on the Odisha coast.

    According to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore, several places in the State across multiple districts, such as Diamond Harbour, Kalaikunda, Sagar Island, Kharagpur, Haldia, Mohanpur, Jhargram, Uluberia, Kakdwip, Medinipur, Kolkata, Alipore, Lalgarh, Digha, Fulberia, Basirhat, Contai, and Barrackpur, received significant rainfall between the night of October 24 and the morning of October 25. 

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  • October 25, 2024 14:35
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresses press conference in Kolkata
  • October 25, 2024 14:28
    Elderly woman dies at cyclone shelter in Odisha’s Kendrapara

    An elderly woman died at a cyclone shelter in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, officials said on Friday.

    The 82-year-old woman identified as Hemalata Nayak of Bankual village died on Thursday night of suspected cardiac arrest at a cyclone shelter set up at Kalyan Mandap Dangamal under Dangamal gram panchayat under Rajnagar block of Kendrapara district, they said.

    The woman was shifted to the cyclone shelter earlier on Thursday. “The woman died of cardiac arrest and not related to cyclone related incident,” Block Development Officer (BDO) of Rajnagar block, Nishant Mishra said.

    -PTI

  • October 25, 2024 12:59
    Flight ops resume at Kolkata airport
  • October 25, 2024 12:46
    Flight, train services resume in Bhubaneswar

    Flight and train services resumed in Bhubaneswar on Friday morning even though cyclone Dana continued to tear through the Odisha coast since midnight.

    Biju Patnaik International Airport here resumed its operation with the first flight landing around 9 a.m., Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told reporters.

    Though the airport authorities had decided to suspend services till 9 am on Friday, the operations resumed a bit early as the weather conditions improved, Airport Director Prasanna Pradhan said.

    The East Coast Railway (ECoR), in a statement, said trains started running as per schedule, barring those cancelled earlier in its jurisdiction.

    -PTI

  • October 25, 2024 12:33
    IMD issues rainfall alert
  • October 25, 2024 12:11
    India has to face this crisis unitedly: Rahul Gandhi

    Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged the Central Government to provide full assistance to the affected states in this hour of crisis.

    In a Facebook post in Hindi, he said the landfall of Cyclone Dana on the coast of Odisha, its impact on West Bengal and other eastern coastal states and the warning issued by the meteorological department, indicate the possibility of a serious natural disaster.

    “Citizens of the affected areas are requested to keep themselves in a safe zone by following the guidelines of the administration,” he said.

    “The Central Government is expected to provide full assistance to the affected states in this hour of crisis. Every possible effort should be made to protect the lives and property of the citizens and to prevent any kind of loss,” Mr. Gandhi said.

    He also urged Congress colleagues to fully help the administration in relief work while keeping themselves safe.

    “The country has to face this crisis unitedly,” Mr. Gandhi added.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 12:07
    Govt must extend comprehensive support to affected States: Kharge

    With the cyclonic storm Dana making a landfall in Odisha and impacting West Bengal and other eastern coastal regions, the Congress on Friday (October 25, 2024) urged the government to extend comprehensive support to affected states and deploy all preventive and emergency measures to ensure public safety.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said Cyclone Dana’s landfall in Odisha and its impact on West Bengal and other eastern coastal regions necessitate utmost preparedness and swift action.

    “The Union Government must extend comprehensive support to affected states, deploying all necessary preventive and emergency measures to ensure public safety,” he said in a post on X.

    “I appeal to all Congress workers to provide assistance to those in need,” Mr. Kharge said.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 12:05
    Rain lashes parts of Jharkhand

    “Rain lashed parts of Jharkhand on Friday (October 25, 2024) under the influence of cyclonic storm Dana,” a Met Department official said.

    The Kolhan region of Jharkhand comprising West Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharswan and East Singhbhum districts witnessed spells of light to moderate rainfall since Thursday (October 24, 2024) night, while other parts of the state are experiencing cloudy weather coupled with intermittent drizzle.

    “The impact of the system seems to have weakened over Jharkhand. One or two districts of Kolhan region may experience heavy to very heavy rainfall on Friday (October 25, 2024), while some districts of central Jharkhand including Ranchi might witness moderate rainfall,” Ranchi Meteorological Centre in-charge Abhishek Anand told PTI.

    He said that the rain intensity would further decline on Saturday (October 26, 2024).

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 11:37
    IMD issues rainfall alert - district wise
  • October 25, 2024 11:36
    Train services resume in Kolkata

    “Train services on the south section of the Sealdah Division under the Eastern Railway also resumed at 10 a.m. after scheduled cancellations due to the cyclone,” officials said.

    “Meanwhile, train services in the south section of the Sealdah Division restarted at 10 am with the first train being a Sonarpur local,” a railway official said. 

    In view of the cyclonic storm, the South Eastern Railway (SER), which oversees routes in West Bengal, Odisha, and Jharkhand, has cancelled more than 170 express and passenger trains scheduled between October 23 and 27.

    In addition, the Eastern Railway cancelled 68 suburban trains in the Howrah division for Friday morning, while all EMU local trains from Sealdah station were suspended from Thursday evening till October 25 morning.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 11:33
    Flight services resume in Kolkata

    “Flight operations resumed at Kolkata airport in West Bengal from 8 a.m. on Friday after cyclone Dana made landfall on the coast of neighbouring Odisha,” officials said.

    The authorities of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here suspended flight operations since Thursday evening as a precautionary measure against cyclone Dana.

    According to an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesperson in Kolkata, the first flight departed from Kolkata at 8.40 a.m.

    “IndiGo’s flight on the Kolkata-Imphal route was the first flight to depart from Kolkata,” he said.

    “The first flight to land in Kolkata was of Vistara. It landed here around 8.45 a.m. from Delhi,” the AAI spokesperson said.

    In a tweet, Kolkata airport said, “Flight operations resumed at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata at 8 a.m., after it was closed for flight operation yesterday in view of the cyclone Dana.” 

    “Services will be restored gradually during the day,” he added.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 10:37
    Cyclone Dana completes landfall process: IMD

    The landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm Dana was complete on Friday morning and the system took at least eight and a half hours to enter the landmass, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

    The IMD, in its hourly bulletin, said, “The landfall process has been completed.” The landfall of ‘Dana’ started at about 12.05 p.m. on Thursday night and it took around eight and a half hours to end the process. The landfall process was completed at around 8.30 a.m. on Friday, an IMD scientist said.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 10:01
    ‘Zero causality’ target achieved: Odisha CM

    Cyclone Dana made landfall on the intervening nights of October 24 and 25 between the Bhitarkanika and Dhamra coasts, bringing heavy rains to the coastal districts.

    “This process continues till 7:00 a.m., today... Due to vigilant administration and preparedness, there has been no causality. The Government’s target of ‘zero causality’ is achieved,” said Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi.

    CM Majhi also said that almost 6 lakh people have been shifted to safer places and nearly 6,000 pregnant women are shifted to health centres.

    - ANI

  • October 25, 2024 09:31
    NDRF, ODRAF teams start removing uprooted trees

    “The NDRF and ODRAF teams on Friday (October 25, 2024) started restoration work by removing uprooted trees from the roads in the coastal districts of Odisha even as the landfall process of severe cyclonic storm Dana is still going on,” an official said.

    The IMD said at 8.23 am that the “Landfall process continues and the rear sector of the cyclone is entering into the land. The landfall process would continue for the next 1-2 hours. The system is likely to move nearly northwestwards across the north Odisha and weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm by the forenoon of October 25.” The system is under continuous surveillance of the Doppler radar at Paradip.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 09:08
    Trees uprooted, power lines snapped

    “A ‘severe cyclonic storm’ pounded eastern coast on Friday (October 25, 2024), uprooting trees, snapping power lines and inundating some areas,” authorities said, adding that no deaths or injuries were reported.

    Odisha had closed schools, suspended flights to and from its capital city of Bhubaneswar until Friday morning, and evacuated more than half a million people in anticipation of the storm.

    “We don’t have any reports of damage to life or property, only damage to trees. Power in the affected area will be restored by late afternoon,” said Dilip Routrai, administrative chief of the region where the cyclone made landfall.

    - Reuters

  • October 25, 2024 08:58
    Bhubaneswar Airport resumes operation

    “Biju Patnaik International Airport here resumed its operation at 8 a.m. on Friday (October 25, 2024) morning as the weather conditions became normal in Bhubaneswar,” an official said. 

    The airport operation was suspended from 5 p.m. on Thursday (October 24, 2024) in view of cyclone Dana, which made landfall between Dhamra and Bhitarkanika from Thursday midnight to Friday early morning.

    “Though the airport authority had decided to suspend flight operations till 9 a.m. on Friday (October 25, 2024), the operation resumed at 8 a.m. as the weather conditions became normal,” said Airport Director Prasanna Pradhan.

    - PTI

  • October 25, 2024 08:49
    Odisha CM Majhi monitors Cyclone Dana situation at Rajiv Bhavan
  • October 25, 2024 08:46
    High tide waves in Bengal coast
  • October 25, 2024 08:37
    Heavy rains lash parts of south Bengal

    Heavy rains packed with gusty winds lashed parts of southern West Bengal as the landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm “Dana” continued to tear through the Odisha coast since midnight.

    According to the latest bulletin from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the severe cyclonic storm lay centred over north coastal Odisha, near north-northwest of Dhamara and north-northwest of Habalikhati nature camp (Bhitarkanika).

    The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has mobilised teams to clear uprooted trees from city streets as part of their disaster response efforts.

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