Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for DANA-24
in India

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone DANA-24 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001117
Name DANA-24
Glide number: TC-2024-000195-IND
From - To 23 Oct - 25 Oct
Exposed countries India
Exposed population 9.2 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 120 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 1.9 m (25 Oct 00:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (India)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 111 km/h 1.9 m n.a. 1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 108 km/h 1.5 m 621 mm 0.5
GFS 112 km/h 1.2 m 352 mm 0.5
ECMWF 90 km/h 1.1 m 392 mm 0.5
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India - Tropical cyclone DANA (ECHO 27 Oct 2024)Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:18

  • A new tropical cyclone named DANA formed over the eastern Bay of Bengal in the morning (UTC) of 23 October and started moving north-west toward eastern India, strenghtening. On 24 October at 0.00 its centre was located over the northern Bay of Bengal, approximately 270 south-est of the Puri city, eastern Odisha state, with maximum sustained winds of 111 km/h (tropical storm).
  • DANA is expected to make landfall over the area between the Puri city and the Digha city, far south-western West Bengal state on 25 October before 12.00, with maximum sustained winds up to 120 km/h (tropical cyclone).
  • Over the next 72 hours, very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over the West Bengal state, most of the Odisha state and southern Jharkhand state.
DANA-24 - EC/ECHO daily mapThu, 24 Oct 2024 17:59

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India - Tropical cyclone DANA, update (ECHO 27 Oct 2024)Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:03

  • Tropical cyclone DANA made landfall over the area between the Paradeep city and the Balasore city, far north-western Odisha state, near the border with the West Bengal state very late in the evening (UTC) on 24 October, with maximum sustained winds up to 120 km/h (tropical cyclone). On 25 October at 3.00 UTC its centre was located inland approximately 35 south-west of the Balasore city, with maximum sustained winds up to 90 km/h (tropical storm).
  • Its passage caused heavy rainfall, strong winds, storm surges, floods and severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in population displacements and damage. Sphere India reports, as of 24 October, more than 500,000 evacuated people in 7,285 shelters across Odisha and nearly 243,400 evacuated people in several shelters throughout West Bengal.
  • DANA is expected to continue westward inland across central Odisha state, further weakening and dissipating in the morning on 26 October.
  • Over the next 48 hours, very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over most of West Bengal, Odisha, and Jharkhand states. 
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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