The landfall process of severe cyclonic storm Dana has begun and the forward sector of the wall cloud region is entering into land. The landfall process would continue today night till Friday morning, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The system is under continuous surveillance of the Doppler Weather Radar at Paradip, it added.
It was about 50 km east of Paradip coast in Odisha and 60 km south-southeast of Dhamara (Odisha) and 170 km south-southwest of Sagar Island in West Bengal at 10.30 pm.
It is very likely to continue to move north-northwest wards and cross north Odisha West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar islands close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara in Odisha during mid-night of October 24 and morning of October 25 as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 km per hour gusting 120 km per hour.
Tides upto 2 metre high is expected in Paradip and Dhamara coast after midnight. The landfall will have impact for six hours in Odisha.
The severe cyclonic storm is likely to re-curve slightly towards west and west-southwards after landfall, triggering rain in southern Odisha till October 26, Bhubaneswar IMD Director Manorama Mohanty said.
Odisha Chief Minister conducted a late night review of the situation at 10.30 pm in the office of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) in presence of Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari and senior officials. Earlier, Majhi took stock of relief materials going to the Red Cross Bhawan.
Warning: IMD has issued a ‘red warning’ (take action) for heavy to very heavy rainfall and wind speed of 100 kmph to 110 kmph for four coastal districts of Odisha – Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur tonight.
Helpline numbers for Odisha: Balasore: 06782-262286 / 261077 Mayurbhanj: 06792-252759 / 252941 Bhadrak: 06784-251881 Jajpur: 06728-222648 Kendrapara: 06727-232803 Keonjhar: 06766-255437 Jagatsinghpur: 06724-220368 Cuttack: 0671-2507842 Dhenkanal: 06762-226507 / 221376 Puri: 06752-223237 BMC (Bhubaneswar) toll free number-1929
