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In Photos: Cyclone Dana Brings Heavy Rainfall In West Bengal

Strong winds sweep through Digha after the landfall of Cyclone ‘Dana’, in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. 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.

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Tropical Cyclone Dana | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra

Strong winds sweep through Digha after the landfall of Cyclone ‘Dana’, in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. 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.

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Cyclone ‘Dana’: People remove uprooted trees in Purba Medinipur | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra

People remove uprooted trees from a road at Digha after the landfall of Cyclone ‘Dana’, in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.

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Cyclone ‘Dana’: Several flights were cancelled in Kolkata | Photo: PTI

Passengers wait for information as several flights were cancelled in view of cyclone 'Dana' which is expected to make landfall in Odisha, at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, in Kolkata.

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Cyclone ‘Dana’: Sealdah Railway station wears a deserted look | Photo: PTI

A platform wears a deserted look at Sealdah Railway station ahead of the cyclone 'Dana' landfall, in Kolkata.

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Cyclone ‘Dana’: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reviews situation | Photo: PTI

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reviews situation ahead of cyclone 'Dana', which is expected to make landfall in Odisha, at the state secretariat 'Nabanna' in Howrah, West Bengal.

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Cyclone ‘Dana’: Relief camp at Digha | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra

Locals at a relief camp at Digha after the landfall of Cyclone ‘Dana’, in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.

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Cyclone ‘Dana’: Visitors watch as waves crash ashore at a beach | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra

Visitors watch as waves crash ashore at a beach at Digha after the landfall of Cyclone ‘Dana’, in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.

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Cyclone ‘Dana’: Fishing trawlers anchored in Bhadrak district | Photo: PTI

Fishing trawlers anchored ahead of cyclone 'Dana' landfall, in Bhadrak district.