Normal life was affected in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar Thursday with many people preferring to stay indoors in view of cyclone Dana that barrels toward the state's coastal region

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata/IBNS: Odisha and West Bengal are set to brace cyclone Dana which has already disrupted normal lives in the two eastern states of India.

The India Meteorological Department said the cyclone is likely to make landfall between the Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port, around 70 km away. The landfall process will start from the night of October 24 and continue till the morning of October 25.

Cyclone Dana is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port in Odisha early Friday with wind speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour (kmph), IMD said. Track all updates here.

IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on October 24 expected that Cyclone Dana would move north-northwestward and cross Odisha, West Bengal between Puri and Sagar island. “The cyclone Dana intensified into a severe cyclonic storm last midnight and moved north north-westward and today in the forenoon it is lying centred about 200 km southeast.

The Kolkata airport suspended flight operations for 15 hours from Thursday evening in the wake of Cyclone Dana, a senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said