Several districts in West Bengal experienced moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday morning as severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ inched closer to the state's coast and neighbouring Odisha, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The IMD stated that the storm is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port in Odisha early on Friday, with wind speeds of up to 120 kmph. As per PTI reports, the cyclone was located 280 km southeast of Paradip in Odisha and 370 km south-southeast of Sagar Island in West Bengal as of 2:30 AM.