KOLKATA: On the second one day after the coming of monsoon, heavy rain lashed the city accompanied by means of intense lightning. Meteorologists cited several elements, together with the gradual movement of the robust cloud mass, for the thunder and lightning on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Met workplace, a powerful cloud mass that had moved over Kolkata from Bankura, Birbhum and Burdwan, which normally have cloud movement all through nor’westers. Making it worse used to be the gradual movement of the cloud, which allowed ice particles to stumble upon each other regularly, generating intense thunder and lightning.
It began pouring around 3pm. With reviews of a young cricketer being killed by means of lightning and of a space catching fireplace two days in the past, the thunder and lightning that went on for an hour and a part terrified electorate. Although the city escaped recent casualty or fireplace, reviews of lightning-related deaths came in from the districts.
“I was staring at television when thunder claps and lightning began. I immediately switched it off and unplugged it. I additionally disconnected the air-conditioners fearing an affect of lightning,” stated Sushmita Das, a homemaker in Lake Town.
The Met workplace recorded 15mm of rain on Tuesday. Though there used to be standard rain, south Kolkata won a heavier downpour in comparison to the north. Places like Ballygunge and Dhapa Lock Gate recorded a rainfall of 94mm and 83mm respectively inside of an hour. The Met workplace has predicted more rain on Wednesday.
“There is a chance of similar rainfall process in Kolkata for some other 24 hours. But we expect a slight decrease in rain from Thursday onwards,” stated G K Das, RMC director (climate).
The southwest monsoon, meanwhile, has advanced to other parts of Bengal. “After masking the entire of Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas, monsoon has entered East and West Midnapore, parts of Howrah, Hooghly, Nadia, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling and Kalimpong,” stated Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, deputy director normal of meteorology at RMC, Kolkata.
According to the Met workplace, a powerful cloud mass that had moved over Kolkata from Bankura, Birbhum and Burdwan, which normally have cloud movement all through nor’westers. Making it worse used to be the gradual movement of the cloud, which allowed ice particles to stumble upon each other regularly, generating intense thunder and lightning.
It began pouring around 3pm. With reviews of a young cricketer being killed by means of lightning and of a space catching fireplace two days in the past, the thunder and lightning that went on for an hour and a part terrified electorate. Although the city escaped recent casualty or fireplace, reviews of lightning-related deaths came in from the districts.
“I was staring at television when thunder claps and lightning began. I immediately switched it off and unplugged it. I additionally disconnected the air-conditioners fearing an affect of lightning,” stated Sushmita Das, a homemaker in Lake Town.
The Met workplace recorded 15mm of rain on Tuesday. Though there used to be standard rain, south Kolkata won a heavier downpour in comparison to the north. Places like Ballygunge and Dhapa Lock Gate recorded a rainfall of 94mm and 83mm respectively inside of an hour. The Met workplace has predicted more rain on Wednesday.
“There is a chance of similar rainfall process in Kolkata for some other 24 hours. But we expect a slight decrease in rain from Thursday onwards,” stated G K Das, RMC director (climate).
The southwest monsoon, meanwhile, has advanced to other parts of Bengal. “After masking the entire of Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas, monsoon has entered East and West Midnapore, parts of Howrah, Hooghly, Nadia, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling and Kalimpong,” stated Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, deputy director normal of meteorology at RMC, Kolkata.
90 min of lightning strikes rekindle fears
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