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Cyclone Dana spared Odisha and West Bengal of any severe damage to infrastructure while flight and rail operations resumed on Friday after the cyclonic storm completed landfall. (PTI)
The landfall triggered heavy rainfall and uprooting of trees and electric poles in both the states.(Reuters)
While one person died due to the natural calamity in West Bengal, Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi said no fatality report has been received so far and the state achieved its 'zero casualty mission'. (PTI)
There were reports of damage to thatched houses and disruption of road transportation in some parts of Odisha’s northern districts due to trees being uprooted. (Reuters)
Fuel dispenser kiosk is seen damaged at a petrol pump in the aftermath of Cyclone ‘Dana’ at Dhamra, in Bhadrak district, Odisha. (PTI)
Cyclone Dana is most likely to track northwest-wards and move across Odisha through the day on Friday and further weaken into a deep depression towards evening, the Met officials said. (PTI)
Since Thursday, the coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal have been experiencing heightened rainfall and the downpour is expected to continue as cyclone Dana will move northwestwards. (PTI)
Indian Coast Guard personnel distribute food to affected people after the landfall of cyclone 'Dana', in West Bengal. (PTI)
With packing wind speeds ranging between 85-90 km/hr gusting to 105km/hr likely to prevail in association with the storm, the IMD has issued a ‘red’ alert for Odisha and West Bengal, where extremely heavy rainfall is likely. (PTI)
Flight operations, which were suspended at both Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in West Bengal and Bhubaneswar Airport in view of the cyclone, resumed at 8 am on Friday. (PTI)
