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Cyclone Dana News: Authorities in Odisha have already evacuated more than 3 lakh people by Wednesday evening in view of cyclone Dana that is threatening to impact nearly half of the state's population...
Heavy rain lashed parts of Odisha and West Bengal on Thursday as authorities in the two states were racing against time to evacuate lakhs from several coastal districts before cyclone Dana's expected landfall tonight...
According to the India Meterological Department (IMD), cyclone Dana, which has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds likely to reach up to 120 kmph, is threatening to impact nearly half of Odisha's population, with Bengal expected to witness extremely heavy to very heavy rain today and tomorrow...
On Thursday and Friday, Bengal's districts of North and South 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly, will receive extremely heavy to very heavy rain.. While the Kolkata airport will suspend flight operations from 6 pm on Thursday to 9 am tomorrow, the Bhubaneswar airport will suspend its operations from 5 pm today to 9 am on Friday..
Fishermen have been advised not to venture into the sea until Friday, with wind speeds likely to reach 60 kmph along the Odisha-West Bengal coastline, increasing to 120 kmph during landfall...
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