India's Ambassador to Lebanon, Noor Rahman Sheikh handed over the first tranche of humanitarian assistance sent by India to Lebanon. Lebanon's Health Minister Firas Abiad received the consignment of medicines. Indian Embassy in Lebanon expressed India's commitment to strengthening close ties with Lebanon.

The Special Relief Commissioner's office reported instances of uprooted trees, but no major damage or casualties have been recorded so far..Cyclone Dana. ODisha. Cyclone Dana landfall. casualties. rain.

The storm began making landfall on the Odisha coast on Thursday night, with landfall expected to continue into Friday morning. Heavy rains and gusty winds are likely to hit southern West Bengal so the people were evacuated in preparation for severe cyclonic storm Dana.

IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on October 24 expected that Cyclone Dana would move north-northwestward and cross Odisha, West Bengal between Puri and Sagar island. “The cyclone Dana intensified into a severe cyclonic storm last midnight and moved north north-westward and today in the forenoon it is lying centred about 200 km southeast.

The Kolkata airport suspended flight operations for 15 hours from Thursday evening in the wake of Cyclone Dana, a senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said

Attention for flyers! In the wake of the possible impact of Cyclone Dana, flight operations have been suspended from Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Air Airport and Bhubaneswar Airport.