KOLKATA: Cyclone Dana uprooted trees and power lines after making landfall on India's east coast, with officials warning of more fierce weather on Friday (Oct 25).
KOLKATA: Cyclone Dana uprooted trees and power lines after making landfall on India 's east coast, with officials warning of more fierce weather on Friday .
At least 1.1 million people in the states of Odisha and West Bengal were relocated to storm shelters before the eye of the cyclone reached the coast just after midnight. "Many trees and electric poles are uprooted," he added."Makeshift shops on the sprawling beach have been blown away."Schools shut, tourists asked to leave as eastern India braces for cycloneOn landfall, the storm had gusting winds up to 120kmh, Kolkata-based weather bureau forecaster Somenath Dutta told AFP.
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