As Cyclone Dana intensifies and makes its way toward the Odisha coast, it is expected to make landfall by October 25. The state officials are gearing up to evacuate approximately 1 million residents from coastal districts.

Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Balasore, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack and Puri districts will mostly bear the brunt of the cyclone.

Bhubaneswar: The cyclonic storm Dana, forming over the east-central Bay of Bengal, is expected to make landfall on the Odisha coast between Bhitarkanika in Kendrapara district and Dhamara in Bhadrak d