Bhubaneswar, Oct 24: Cyclone Dana is likely to re-curve slightly towards west and west-south wards after landfall and trigger rain in southern Odisha around October 26. 

However, the landfall and wind speed predications remain unchanged, informed Manorama Mohanty, Director of the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar.

The severe cyclone 'Dana'  over central & adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal and moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph during the past 6 hours, and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 24th October, over northwest & adjoining central Bay of Bengal,  about 260 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 290 km south-southeast of Dhamara (Odisha) and 350 km south of Sagar Island (West Bengal), read the red message.

It is very likely to move northwestwards and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara (Odisha) around mid-night of 24th to morning of 25th October 2024 as a severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph.

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