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Cyclonic storm Dana has weakened and the system is likely to weaken into a deep depression

Bhubaneswar:25/10/24: The severe cyclonic storm Dana made landfall between October 24 and 25 in Odisha as per the forecast issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Even though the intensity of the cyclone Dana was less, it triggered heavy rainfall in several parts of coastal Odisha.

IMD’s Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar today informed that Rajkanika in Kendrapara district recorded the highest rainfall of 157 mm in the past 24 hours

Several places in Odisha also recorded 100 mm of rainfall. Rajnagar, Marshaghai, Derabis in Kendrapara recorded 100 mm, 110mm, 120 mm of rainfall.

Oupada in Balasore recorded 109 mm, Basudevpur (Bhadrak) 110 mm and Balianta in Khordha district recorded a maximum of 92 mm of rainfall.

According to Mohanty, the severe cyclonic storm Dana has weakened and the system is likely to weaken into a deep depression in the next four hours.

Red warning for heavy rainfall has been issued for the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj today. Similarly, isolated heavy rainfall alert has also been issued for the districts of Cuttack, Kendrapara, Dhenkanal, Jajpur and Keonjhar.

Heavy rainfall is also likely in Jagatsinghpur, Khordha, Angul, Nayagarh and Puri, Mohanty added.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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