BHUBANESWAR — Flights to and from the capital cities of India’s eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal, including Kolkata, will be suspended from the evening of Thursday (Oct 24) to the morning of Friday as the region braces for a cyclone set to hit during that time, officials said. Cyclone Dana, currently over the Bay of Bengal, is expected...
Cyclone Dana is expected to cross the coasts of the states between midnight and the morning of Oct 25.BHUBANESWAR — Flights to and from the capital cities of India’s eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal, including Kolkata, will be suspended from the evening of Thursday to the morning of Friday as the region braces for a cyclone set to hit during that time, officials said.
Both states have closed schools in the areas that are expected to be bear the brunt of the storm and asked fishermen not to venture out to sea. “We have evacuated approximately 50,000 people so far, and a total of around 300,000 people are likely to be evacuated,” Special Relief Commissioner Deoranjan Kumar Singh told Reuters.
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