Cyclone may cause moderate rain in Kolkata

  • | Friday | 21st September, 2018

Kolkata will get moderate rain, while some coastal areas are likely to be lashed by heavy rain. Parts of north Bengal, including Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar, may also be affected by showers. Fishermen have been warned against venturing into the sea for now,” said G K Das, director (weather) at Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata. KOLKATA: The city is likely to witness moderate rain on Friday as the deep depression over Bay of Banegal intensified into a cyclonic storm, Daye, on Thursday night.The depression and the resultant rain earlier in the day gave the city much-needed relief, bringing down the maximum temperature down by six degrees. The coastal areas may get squally winds.

KOLKATA: The city is likely to witness moderate rain on Friday as the deep depression over Bay of Banegal intensified into a cyclonic storm, Daye, on Thursday night.The depression and the resultant rain earlier in the day gave the city much-needed relief, bringing down the maximum temperature down by six degrees. The system over west-central of the Bay of Bengal close to Gopalpur in Odisha intensified into the cyclonic storm, about 300km east-southeast of Gopalpur and 311km eastsoutheast of Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.The city might be spared any direct impact of the impending storm, but some places in Bengal, including Kolkata, would continue to get showers on Friday as well, predicted the Met office.It has forecast that the city will receive moderate rain, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly heavy rain and East and West Midnapore and Jhargram very heavy rain.“The cyclonic storm will, however, not have any direct impact on Bengal. Kolkata will get moderate rain, while some coastal areas are likely to be lashed by heavy rain. Fishermen have been warned against venturing into the sea for now,” said G K Das, director (weather) at Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata. Parts of north Bengal, including Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar, may also be affected by showers. The coastal areas may get squally winds.

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