A man protects himself from the wind by a tawel as he walks at Balaramgadi fishing harbor in Balasore district as cyclone ‘Dana’ landfalls on bay of Bengal’s Odisha coast, early Friday, October 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Heavy rains packed with gusty winds lashed parts of southern West Bengal as the landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm “Dana” continued to tear through the Odisha coast since midnight on Thursday (October 24, 2024). Follows us for the live updates on the aftermath of Cyclone Dana  According to the latest bulletin from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the severe cyclonic storm lay centred over north coastal Odisha, near north-northwest of Dhamara and north-northwest of Habalikhati nature camp (Bhitarkanika). “The landfall process continues and the rear sector of the cyclone is entering into land. The landfall process would continue for the next 1-2 hours. It is likely to move nearly west-northwestwards across north Odisha and weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm by forenoon of today,” a bulletin of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) at …