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Cyclone Dana live: Schools closed and train cancelled. Thursday 24 October 2024 09:23, Stuti Mishra. Authorities in India's eastern states have closed schools, cancelled more than 200 trains ...
Severe Cyclonic Storm Dana [a] (/ ˈ d ɑː n ə /) was a strong tropical cyclone which affected the states of West Bengal and Odisha in India. [2] The third cyclonic storm and second severe cyclonic storm of the 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Dana formed from a low pressure area that the Indian Meteorological Department first monitored on October 20.
Fishing trawlers are seen parked at a beach near the Bay of Bengal in Digha, India, ahead of cyclone Dana's landfall, on October 24, 2024. - Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images.
The 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It was above-average in terms of depressions and average in terms of formation of cyclonic storms. [1] Seasons have no official bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with the peak from May to Early November.
May was an average month, featuring five cyclones, with four receiving names, the month started with Cyclone Ialy, which formed near Comoros and intensified into a compact tropical cyclone. On May 22, Typhoon Ewiniar formed southeast of Palau, traversing the Philippines before strengthening as a potent Category-2 typhoon over Lamon Bay .
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Cyclone Dana (2024), a similarly-named cyclone in the North Indian Ocean List of storms with the same or similar names This article includes a list of named storms that share the same name (or similar names).
The category was historically used to classify all tropical cyclones with winds above 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph), however, it was bifurcated during 1988, when the IMD introduced a new category called Severe Cyclonic Storm with a core of hurricane winds. This new category was later further refined into Very Severe Cyclonic Storms, Extremely ...