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.
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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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