KOLKATA: Two squalls in a span of 30 minutes accompanied by way of thunder, lightning and rain lashed Kolkata on Friday afternoon, uprooting timber and disrupting site visitors motion. The mercury plunged to 25.five°C from 32.five°C proper after the thundershower. The Met office expects similar prerequisites thru subsequent week, which may arrest the mercury from rising. Eight individuals were injured and one individual died in quite a lot of accidents in Kolkata and Howrah that resulted from the storm.
The first squall struck at 3.30pm at 56kmph. When it had began to decelerate, the second one hit at 4pm at 92kmph, uprooting timber, electric poles and snapping cable wires. The highest rainfall was once recorded in Dhapa — 38.6mm in about than an hour.
“This was once the second one strongest squall this yr — the strongest blew during the city at 98kmph on April 17. Thundercloud cells had formed over Nadia and North 24 Parganas prior to the cloud column that measured about 15km inched in opposition to the city triggering the thunderssquall,” mentioned G Okay Das director (climate) at Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata.
“The heating is already provide, along with enough moisture in the air. Hence, prerequisites are conducive to extra thundershower activities in the coming days. However, chances are high that low specifically on Saturday,” added Das.
A tree fell on a automotive wearing 71-year-old Niranjan Nayak near Ganesh Talkies. He was once trapped inside of till the Disaster Management Group (DMG) rescued him. Nayak was once admitted in Calcutta Medical College and Hospital with a leg damage. Pedestrian Koushik Singha, 25, was once wounded in the leg and head outdoor Victoria Memorial when a department fell on him. He was once taken to SSKM Hospital. At Sakher Bazar, Souvik Saha, 29, was once hit by way of a falling site visitors sign post and was once admitted to a private sanatorium with hand and leg accidents.
In Howrah’s Shyampur, Rabin Das, 48, died when a mango tree was once uprooted and fell on his bike. On Nidhiram Majhi Lane, a three-storey development collapsed, injuring 4 individuals — two of them critically. At Mandirtala, a brick from an under-construction development fell at the head of 52-yearold Shyamal Sarkar. He was once admitted to a private sanatorium in Kolkata.
Several wallet in Kolkata were waterlogged and site visitors motion was once disrupted in puts the place uprooted timber blocked the street.
The squall didn't spare the state secretariat at Nabanna both. Several of the fibre sheets masking the portico in entrance of the VIP gate were blown away by way of the storm. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee was once then in her room at the 14th floor. She asked the disaster management team to determine if any properties had collapsed.
Professor Krishnendu Majhi of Goenka College who was once returning house to Howrah by means of the Vidyasagar Setu mentioned the state bus he was once in had to be stopped at the middle of the bridge because of the storm. “The roof vent of the bus was once blown off by way of the storm,” he mentioned.
The first squall struck at 3.30pm at 56kmph. When it had began to decelerate, the second one hit at 4pm at 92kmph, uprooting timber, electric poles and snapping cable wires. The highest rainfall was once recorded in Dhapa — 38.6mm in about than an hour.
“This was once the second one strongest squall this yr — the strongest blew during the city at 98kmph on April 17. Thundercloud cells had formed over Nadia and North 24 Parganas prior to the cloud column that measured about 15km inched in opposition to the city triggering the thunderssquall,” mentioned G Okay Das director (climate) at Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata.
“The heating is already provide, along with enough moisture in the air. Hence, prerequisites are conducive to extra thundershower activities in the coming days. However, chances are high that low specifically on Saturday,” added Das.
A tree fell on a automotive wearing 71-year-old Niranjan Nayak near Ganesh Talkies. He was once trapped inside of till the Disaster Management Group (DMG) rescued him. Nayak was once admitted in Calcutta Medical College and Hospital with a leg damage. Pedestrian Koushik Singha, 25, was once wounded in the leg and head outdoor Victoria Memorial when a department fell on him. He was once taken to SSKM Hospital. At Sakher Bazar, Souvik Saha, 29, was once hit by way of a falling site visitors sign post and was once admitted to a private sanatorium with hand and leg accidents.
In Howrah’s Shyampur, Rabin Das, 48, died when a mango tree was once uprooted and fell on his bike. On Nidhiram Majhi Lane, a three-storey development collapsed, injuring 4 individuals — two of them critically. At Mandirtala, a brick from an under-construction development fell at the head of 52-yearold Shyamal Sarkar. He was once admitted to a private sanatorium in Kolkata.
Several wallet in Kolkata were waterlogged and site visitors motion was once disrupted in puts the place uprooted timber blocked the street.
The squall didn't spare the state secretariat at Nabanna both. Several of the fibre sheets masking the portico in entrance of the VIP gate were blown away by way of the storm. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee was once then in her room at the 14th floor. She asked the disaster management team to determine if any properties had collapsed.
Professor Krishnendu Majhi of Goenka College who was once returning house to Howrah by means of the Vidyasagar Setu mentioned the state bus he was once in had to be stopped at the middle of the bridge because of the storm. “The roof vent of the bus was once blown off by way of the storm,” he mentioned.
Another double squall hits Kolkata
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