As Cyclone 'Dana' intensifies over the Bay of Bengal, the Odisha government is expediting the evacuation of around 10 lakh people from 14 coastal districts. The state has deployed 288 rescue teams and is coordinating relief efforts,

Schools have been shut and over 150 trains cancelled as Odisha and West Bengal brace for Cyclone "Dana", which is likely to cross the coasts between Puri and Sagar Island in the early hours of October 25 with wind speeds of up to 120 kmph.

Cyclone Dana is intensifying in the Bay of Bengal and is expected to make landfall between Odisha and West Bengal on October 25, bringing wind speeds up to 120 km/h, heavy rainfall, and severe weather.

More than 150 express/passenger trains running through South Eastern Railway jurisdiction have been cancelled in view of the severe cyclonic storm, an SER official said.

As the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm 'Dana' Wednesday morning, the Odisha government expedited the evacuation of people from coastal areas

Cyclone Dana is likely to make landfall with a wind speed of 100-120 km per hour between Thursday night and Friday morning, causing extremely heavy rain in seven coastal districts.

The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm named 'Dana' on Wednesday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.It is expected to become a severe cyclone before crossing the eastern coast between Puri in Odisha and Sagar Island in West Bengal,

A yellow alert has been issued for heavy rainfall in Odisha, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Kerala, Karnataka, Gangetic West Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura.