Cyclone Dana To Hit Odisha, West Bengal: All You Need To Know About It

Komal Das Oct 24, 2024

What is a cyclone? A cyclone is a large-scale system of air that rotates around the center of a low-pressure area. It is usually accompanied by violent storms and bad weather

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The Indian Meteorological Department said Wednesday (October 23) that Cyclone Dana will likely intensify into a severe cyclonic storm

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And it will make landfall in West Bengal and Odisha between Thursday night and Friday morning

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“Cyclone Dana moved at a speed of 18km/hr during the last six hours and lay over east-central Bay of Bengal

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The cyclone is expected to bring light rainfall in most places, and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places

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Isolated places over South & North 24 Parganas, East & West Medinipur, Jhargram, Howrah, Hooghly, Kolkata and Bankura districts of West Bengal will also likely witness heavy rainfall during the same period

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Cyclone Dana, expected to generate wind speeds of 100-110 kmph and gusts at 120 kmph, is a tropical cyclone

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The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) classifies cyclones broadly into two categories: extratropical cyclones and tropical cyclones

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