While the sea has breached the shore at some places, high tides were witnessed at some other places. Moreover, huge trees were uprooted and electricity polls were damaged in some other districts.

Cyclone Dana is projected to make landfall along the Odisha-West Bengal coast in India between October 24 and 25.

Cyclone Dana which formed in the Bay of Bengal is intensifying and moving north-northwestwards and is likely to cross Bengal and Odisha in the early hours of Friday.

Cyclone Dana to hit Odisha on5. The government plans to evacuate 10 lakh people across 14 districts as winds up to 120 kmph are expected.

The severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' is expected to make landfall between the Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port in Odisha early on Friday with wind speeds

Cyclone Dana is expected to hammer the low-lying regions of West Bengal and Odisha, home to around 150 million people, as a “severe cyclonic storm” late on Thursday or Friday morning, India’s weather bureau said. At least 1.1 million people on India’s eastern coast were fleeing to storm shelters inland, just hours before the storm’s arrival.

Authorities in India are evacuating nearly 1.5 million people from the path of an approaching cyclone in the eastern states of Odisha (formerly Orissa) and West Bengal. Thousands of relief workers have been deployed to minimise damage from Cyclone Dana, which is expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours.

A powerful cyclone is expected to barrel into India's eastern coast early on Friday. Here are some key details about its landfall and intensity, and the measures being taken by authorities to protect people and property.

Cyclone Dana is expected to make landfall in Odisha tonight, with wind speeds reaching up to 120 kmph. Evacuations are ongoing, with over 30% of the targeted 1 million people already moved to safety.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that Cyclone Dana will make landfall on Odisha's coast between Thursday night and Friday morning. T