{"id":55402,"date":"2024-10-24T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T11:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/india-evacuates-over-1-million-as-cyclone-dana-approaches\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T11:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T11:01:09","slug":"india-evacuates-over-1-million-as-cyclone-dana-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/india-evacuates-over-1-million-as-cyclone-dana-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"India evacuates over 1 million as Cyclone Dana approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>India is evacuating nearly 1.5 million people from the eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal as Cyclone Dana nears, with landfall expected within the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have deployed thousands of relief workers and set up temporary camps to safeguard those in the cyclone\u2019s path.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Meteorological Department predicts the cyclone will strike coastal areas with wind speeds between 100-120 km\/h (62-74 mph), and heavy rainfall is anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation services have already been heavily impacted, with over 200 trains and numerous flights cancelled, particularly at Bhubaneswar and Kolkata airports.<\/p>\n<p>Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reassured residents, stating that the state has made comprehensive preparations to ensure public safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fully prepared to deal with the storm. Don\u2019t panic, be safe and be careful,\u201d Majhi told the media.<\/p>\n<p>More than a million people are being evacuated in Odisha alone while West Bengal is evacuating over 300,000 people from vulnerable coastal areas.<\/p>\n<p>Fishermen have been warned against venturing into the sea, and Paradip Port in Odisha is implementing contingency measures to protect both staff and local residents.<\/p>\n<p>The region has a history of severe storms, including the devastating 1999 cyclone that killed over 10,000 people in Odisha.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, another cyclone claimed at least 16 lives in India and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>India evacuates over 1 million as Cyclone Dana approaches<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India is evacuating nearly 1.5 million people from the eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal as Cyclone Dana nears,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25519,13772,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyclone-dana","category-india","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}