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,

IMD DG Mrutunjay Mohapatra said that the entire eastern coast from Puri in Odisha and Sagar Island in the West Bengal coast is likely to be impacted by the impending cyclone Dana.

East Coast Railways cancels 178 trains as cyclone nears Odisha and Bengal; authorities begin large-scale evacuations; schools closed in coastal districts from October 23 to 26

Rescue teams, including personnel from the NDRF have reached both the states and educational institutions have been shut, as Cyclone Dana will likely make landfall in Odisha's Puri and Bengal's Sagar Island on Thursday evening.

It is expected to cross the northern Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during the night of October 24 and the morning of October 25 as a severe cyclonic storm, with wind speeds reaching 100-110 km/h.

Similar measures have been taken by the Odisha government, which has closed schools and colleges in 14 districts, including Ganjam, Puri, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Angul, Khurda, Nayagargh, and Cuttack until October 25.

The cyclonic storm is likely to make landfall near Puri and Sagar coast in Odisha on October 24-24. IMD has issued heavy rainfall alert for several districts of Odisha and West Bengal.

A weather system over the Bay of Bengal has intensified and is expected to become a severe cyclonic storm named Dana. It is projected to make landfall along the Odisha-West Bengal coast in the early hours of October 25,

A total of 197 trains have been cancelled and educational institutes have been closed in vulnerable parts of West Bengal and Odisha as the two states brace for the landfall of Cyclone Dana in the early hours of5.