Cyclone Dana's impact leads to extended school closures in Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Kendrapara, and Keonjhar districts of Odisha amid severe rains.

As the cyclonic storm is expected to make landfall on Friday morning, authorities in Odisha and West Bengal have heightened precautionary measures, evacuating residents from coastal areas and closing educational institutions.

After Cyclone Dana, families in Odisha face climate change threats, resettlement challenges, and reliance on mangrove forests for protection.

BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA: Severe cyclonic storm Dana struck the eastern coast early Friday, triggering torrential rain and high-speed winds uprooting trees and elect

Cyclone Dana has hit the coast of Odisha in eastern India, bringing heavy rains and strong winds to parts of the state on Friday morning. Dana – which means pearl in Arabic – had been brewing over the Bay of Bengal for the past few days.

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),

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

Turbulent sea, gusty winds and rainfall continue to hit Odisha’s Bhadrak under the influence of Cyclone ‘Dana’. Around 5.84 lakh people have been evacuated till now to shelters, as per Chief Minister Mohan Majhi.