Odisha Faces Heavy Rainfall, Red Alert After Cyclone Dana Landfall

Cyclone Dana’s landfall process has completed, and it has now weakened into a cyclone, though heavy rainfall is expected across Odisha. IMD has issued rain alerts with red, orange, and yellow warnings.

  • Red Warning: Heavy rain for Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Angul, and Khurda.
  • Orange Warning: Moderate rain for Nayagarh, Boudh, Sonepur, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, and Keonjhar.
  • Yellow Warning: Light rain for Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Ganjam, and Kandhamal.

Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Balasore, and Mayurbhanj may receive 20-30 cm of rain. Rainfall will impact the entire state for the next 24 hours, with over 20 cm expected in parts of Jajpur, Bhadrak, Puri, Dhenkanal, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, and Angul.

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