STORY: Heavy rains batter India's Odisha, West Bengal as cyclone Dana makes landfall
SHOOTING TIME: recent footage
DATELINE: Oct. 25, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:22
LOCATION: New Delhi
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of coastal area
2. various of emergency operations

STORYLINE:

Heavy rains accompanied by gusty winds Friday battered coastal areas of the eastern Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal under the impact of severe cyclonic storm Dana, officials said.

Dana made landfall around midnight between Odisha's Bhitarkanika in the Kendrapara district and Dhamra in Bhadrak. With a wind speed of 100-110 kmph, the cyclone uprooted trees and snapped power lines in several areas of Odisha and West Bengal. The cyclone impacted normal lives in the affected areas by disrupting some civic services and damaging crops.

However, no casualties have been reported so far.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the landfall process has been completed.

Officials said the services at Bhubaneswar and Kolkata airports, which were suspended on Thursday evening as part of precautionary measures, resumed Friday morning.

The local governments in both states have evacuated nearly a million people, shut schools, and canceled more than 400 trains ahead of the cyclone.

In the vulnerable districts of both states, authorities have deployed teams of the National Disaster Response Force along with local disaster management personnel, police, medical teams, and fire services personnel to assist the local population.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi.
(XHTV)