By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The severe cyclonic storm “DANA” (pronounced as Dana) over northwest & adjoining central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 24th October, over northwest Bay of Bengal, near latitude 18.9° N and longitude 88.0°E, about 210 km southeast of Paradip in Odisha, IMD latest bulletin said on Thursday.
IR imagery from INSAT 3DR (24.10.2024 0945-1012 IST) shows the convective clouds associated with the cyclone.
Convective clouds associated with the western periphery of Cyclone “DANA” as seen from the Doppler Weather Radar at Paradip, Odisha (24 Oct 2024, 0842-1012 IST)
Earlier , the severe cyclonic storm “DANA” (pronounced as Dana) over central & adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 24th October, over northwest & adjoining central Bay of Bengal, near latitude 18.5° N and longitude 88.2°E, about 260 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 290 km south-southeast of Dhamara (Odisha) and 350 km south of Sagar Island (West Bengal).
It is very likely to move northwestwards and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara (Odisha) during mid-night of 24th to morning of 25th October, 2024 as a severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph
