Cyclone Dana is intensifying in the Bay of Bengal and is expected to make landfall between Odisha and West Bengal on October 25, bringing wind speeds up to 120 km/h, heavy rainfall, and severe weather.

Pre Cyclone Watch: A Depression lay over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal. It is very likely to move westnorthwestwards and intensify into a Cyclonic Storm by 23rd over same region. It is very likely to intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over northwest Bay of Bengal by morning of… pic.twitter.com/GO2Er6BJ6F

Cyclone Dana will cross the North Odisha and West Bengal coasts as a 'severe' cyclone during the night of Thursday and Friday.

The bulletin says, “it is very likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over northwest Bay of Bengal by early morning of October 24 and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during night of October 24 to morning of October 25,

The deep depression in the east-central Bay of Bengal intensified into cyclonic storm Dana at around 5.30 am on Wednesday, and is centred at around 560 km from Odisha's Paradip and 630 km from Sagar Island,

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The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm named 'Dana' on Wednesday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.It is expected to become a severe cyclone before crossing the eastern coast between Puri in Odisha and Sagar Island in West Bengal,

A yellow alert has been issued for heavy rainfall in Odisha, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Kerala, Karnataka, Gangetic West Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura.