Cyclone Dana: Check date-wise wind speed that will prevail along Odisha-West Bengal coast

It is now testing times for the people in Odisha as they again brace up to face the wrath of another cyclonic storm.

As per the IMD, the low-pressure area over east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea has intensified into a depression  on Tuesday.

It is very likely to move west-northwest-wards and intensify into a cyclonic storm, which will be called Dana, by tomorrow over the east-central Bay of Bengal.

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It will subsequently intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over the northwest Bay of Bengal by the morning of October 24 and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during the night of 24th and the morning of 25th October as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting up to 120 kmph.

Wind Speed

October 23 (Cyclonic Storm): Wind Speed 70 to 80 kmph gusting up to 90 kmph

October 24 (Severe Cyclonic Storm): Wind Speed 100 to 110 gusting up to 120 kmph

October 25 (Cyclonic storm): Wind Speed 70 to 80 kmph gusting up to 90 kmph

Eastcentral Bay of Bengal: Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 gusting up to 60 kmph is very likely on 22nd Oct, 50-60 gusting up to 70 kmph by 22nd night, 70-90 kmph gusting up to 100 kmph from 23rd evening till 24th morning.

Along & off Odisha coasts: Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 gusting to 60 kmph is very likely to commence from 23rd Oct evening. 
It would gradually increase with gale wind speed reaching 60-70 kmph gusting up to 80 kmph from 24th morning and reaching 100-110 kmph gusting up to 120 kmph from 24th night till 25th Oct morning and decrease gradually thereafter.