KOLKATA: Flight operations resumed at Kolkata airport in West Bengal from 8 am on Friday after Cyclone Dana made landfall on the coast of neighbouring.

Kolkata: Flight operations affected at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Int’l Airport in Kolkata as landfall process of Cyclone Dana began. Turbulent sea, gusty winds and rainfall continue to hit Odisha’s Bhadrak under the influence of Cyclone ‘Dana’.

Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport, and Biju International Airport in Odisha have resumed flight operations

Cyclone Dana leads to catastrophic flooding in Kolkata, stranding residents and disrupting essential services amid heavy rainfall.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

According to the regional Met office in Alipore, Kolkata received over 100 mm of rainfall till 11.30 am on Friday over the previous 24 hours

Flights to and from the capital cities of India's eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal, including Kolkata, will be suspended from Thursday evening to Friday morning as the region braces for a cyclone set to hit during that time,

Flight operations resume in Odisha, West Bengal after landfall. According to airport director Prasanna Pradhan, the flights were suspended from 5 pm on

Please follow this space for all the latest news and updates on Cyclone Dana. The cyclonic system intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Thursday and began the process of landfall on Thursday night which continued till Friday morning.

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.