CYCLONE 'Dana' formed over the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday and travelled closer to the coast of Odisha, carrying with it apprehension of gusty wind and heavy rains as it is likely to cross the shoreline between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra as a severe category storm by Friday morning.
During the landfall process, the storm is expected to pack 110 km wind, gusting up to 120 km per hour. The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre's forecast track indicated Dana's landfall point between Basudevpur in Bhadrak and Chandipur in Balasore near a place Kharasahapur between Thursday night and Friday morning with maximum sustained winds of 55 knots translating to 101 km per hour.
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