Kolkata, 2 October (IANS) Kolkata recorded heavy rainfall on Thursday afternoon and was forecast over the day over the day, causing inconvenience to the Durga Puja committees, which will carry out the idol immersion in the River Hogali on the last day of the Durga Puja Festival.
The city and its suburbs have been cloudy since morning. However, in the afternoon, the sky turned black and light rain increased in torrential rains across the city.
The Meteorological Department said that there is a possibility of thunderstorms in Kolkata and nearby districts in the next few hours.
It has also been said that gusti winds can also fly at a speed of 30-40 kmph.
Meanwhile, heavy rains are expected in Howrah, North 24 Parganas and parts of South 24 Parganas districts in the next few hours. A orange warning of thunder has also been issued for these places.
The rain is under the influence of deep depression formed in the Bay of Bengal. The system is slowly moving towards the land. Due to its effect, rain will continue in South Bengal districts and Kolkata till Saturday.
According to the Meteorological Department, depression, which was above the west-central Gulf of Bengal, has extended to north-west at a speed of 17 km per hour and has intensified in a deep depression.
Currently, deep depression is located in the west-central and is close to the northwest Bay of Bengal. It is located in 190 km south-south-south-south in Odisha, 230 km south of the angel, 190 km east-south-south east in Andhra Pradesh, 250 km east of Visakhapatnam and 310 km south-south-west-west-west-west-west-west-west-west-west-west-west-west-west-western I am firm.
By Thursday night, it will take the form of a deep depression and enter the land between Gopalpur and Paradip on the Odisha-Sadhara coast.
Meanwhile, heavy rains are also forecast in North Bengal till Sunday. Heavy rains are expected in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and Alipurdar districts on Thursday and Friday. There is an orange warning for very heavy rains in these districts on Saturday.
In those two days, heavy rains are predicted for North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Malda districts.
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