387 babies rescued before cyclone struck West Midnapore
As cyclone Dana brought torrents of rain and flooding to West Midnapore, the district administration emerged as a beacon of hope for hundreds of pregnant women caught in the storm's path.
As cyclone Dana brought torrents of rain and flooding to West Midnapore, the district administration emerged as a beacon of hope for hundreds of pregnant women caught in the storm's path.
“Cyclones are caused by excessive heat,” explained a scientist of the Indian Meteorological Department in layperson’s terms. When the sea or ocean water gets hot, centres of depressions are formed with the hot air rising and creating a hollow centre. This hollow centre is the “eye of the storm”.
Cyclone Dana has unleashed devastation across West Bengal, leaving the state’s agricultural economy reeling.
With cyclonic storm Dana expected to make landfall later tonight, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is staying at the state secretariat, Nabanna, the whole night to monitor the unfolding situation from the control room there. Miss Banerjee disclosed this at a press conference at Nabanna today.
Despite threat posed to their lives due to possible strike of cyclone Dana, a section of residents in a vulnerable pocket of Odisha’s Kendrapara district refused to be evacuated from their houses on the ground that the government has ignored their forest right act claim in conferring them the land record of rights.
