Odisha CM Mohan Majhi and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee continue to monitor situation in their respective states.

Cyclone Dana makes landfall on Odisha coast between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra, as IMD monitors it closely. Wind speeds may reach 120 kmph.

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.