Bhubaneswar: Cyclone ‘Dana’ hit Odisha coast late on Thursday night. It is gradually weakening. Thousands of people living in the coastal areas of Odisha were evacuated to shelters as the storm was contained. It involved around 450 pregnant women, out of which 1,600 women gave birth on Thursday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said.
The state government has evacuated a total of 5,84,888 people and the number is expected to exceed 600,000 by Friday morning. They have been placed in 6,008 cyclone shelters, where they are being provided with food, medicine, water and other essentials.
Balasore has seen the largest number of evacuations in the process, with 172,916 people evacuated to safety, followed by Mayurbhanj with 100,000. Similarly, additional 75,000 from Bhadrak, 58,000 from Jajpur and 46,000 from Keonjhar.
