Bhubaneswar: Cyclone ‘Dana’ is likely to make landfall along Odisha coast close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara by October 24-25 as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Wednesday.

“The cyclonic storm over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centred at 8.30 am over the same region, about 520 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 600 km south-southeast of Sagar Island (West Bengal) and 610 km south-southeast of Khepupara (Bangladesh). It is very likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over northwest Bay of Bengal by early morning of October 24 and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara (Odisha) during night of October 24 to October 25 as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph.”

Storm surge of 1.0 to 2.0 m height above astronomical tide is also likely to inundate low-lying areas of Kendrapada, Bhadrak and Balasore districts during the time of landfall.

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The IMD has warned of gale winds with speed of 100 to 110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph in Kendrapada, Bhadrak and Balasore districts. Squally weather with wind speed of 80 to 90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph may prevail in Mayurbhanj district, while Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Jajopur may experience wind speed of 60 to 80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph. The wind speed in Puri, Khurda, Dhenkanal and Keonjhar is likely to be 60 to 70 kmph gusting to 80 kmph.

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