Cyclone ‘Dana’: Know Reason Behind This Cyclonic Storm's Decrease In Intensity

Since the beginning of this week, the news of severe cyclonic storm Dana is a abuzz in Odisha. And last night, the cyclonic storm made landfall between Bhitarkanika in the Kendrapara district and Dhamra in Bhadrak, with a wind speed of around 110kmph. Now, that the process of landfall is over we get to know that this cyclone did not intensify further, neither did it gain strength and as far as rainfall is concerned in the peripheral areas, it was less too. So, what are factors for which cyclone Dana could not gain strength?

In an exclusive interview, scientist of India Meteorological Department Umashankar Das debunked this question regarding Cyclone Dana’s developments. According to his explanation, the severe cyclonic storm Dana got sandwiched due to the two anti-cyclonic circulations, one in the west, developing in the Arabian sea and the other in east, that is the indo-pacific ocean. Now, the dry winds produced from these circulations obstructed cyclone dana from gathering more intensity in terms of moisture or rain. As a result, the areas through which the cyclonic storm Dana passed witnessed heavy rainfall during its movement and landfall but the intensity of rainfall was less in nearby areas.