Kolkata Faces Heavy Rains: Cyclone Dana is all set to bring stormy rainfall in South Bengal districts including Kolkata, on Thursday, October 24, 2024, after forming a cyclonic storm over the east-central Bay of Bengal the previous day.
Key Takeaways
1. Two coastal districts of West Bengal, East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas will witness light to moderate downpours on Thursday,
2. As of now, the Bay of Bengal has been majorly calm despite the wind blowing in the two coastal districts of WB.
3. IMD issued warnings for heavy rainfall in Southern districts of the state for the next two days.
4. Medinipur and South 24 Parganas are the two districts that are currently under the red warning of heavy to very heavy downpours.
The people of West Bengal are currently in a situation to frequently check the weather forecasts as the Indian Meteorological Department has been quite active in issuing warnings and advisories for different districts of West Bengal amid Cyclone Dana. According to the reports, heavy to very heavy rainfall has started in several parts of West Bengal as part of the effect of Cyclonic Storm Dana.
Furthermore, several public services have been called off due to bad weather conditions, such as several trains have been canceled. There is an abundance of daily updates that occurred due to cyclone Dana, which people of West Bengal should know. Easing the task of getting all the imperative updates from the respective authorities, we have provided everything that you need to know. Be sticky with this page and go through the article to the end. Drag down.
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On Thursday morning the clouds have cornered Kolkata as rain has started there. According to IMD, the people of the Southern districts of West Bengal will witness heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next two days as the wind is blowing frequently over the two coastal districts of West Bengal, South 24 Parganas, and East Midnapore. However, the sea has been calm so far. IMD stated in its report that severe weather in Southern districts will form on October 24 and October 25. The department also has issued a red warning for Medinipur and South 24 Parganas as they are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall.
The people of Kolkata, Howrah, Jhargram, North 24 Parganas, and Hoogly are alerted that heavy downpours are expected on Thursday and Friday. While the people of South Bengal will suffer in the heavy rain throughout Thursday.
The weather conditions will likely remain the same on Friday as well but on Saturday intensity of rain is expected to reduce over large parts of South Bengal. The districts of West Bengal which receive light to moderate rain are West Midnipur, East Midnipur, and Jhargram only on Saturday, October 26. The latest forecast of IMD predicted that cyclone Dana will affect the land traveling through the central part of Dhamara from Odisha between the period of Thursday night and Friday morning.
Cyclone Dana turned into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ at midnight on Wednesday, October 23. The speed of the cyclonic storm will be 100 to 110 kmph when it enters the land. The weather officers are anticipating that the blowing wind’s speed can also reach 120 kmph. Due to the bad weather conditions, Eastern and South Eastern railways have canceled over 170 trains on Thursday and Friday given the cyclone Dana.
In Case You Didn’t Know
1. Due to cyclonic weather conditions in West Bengal, more than 170 trains of the South Eastern Railway, including passenger and express trains have been canceled.
2. From Wednesday, October 23 to Friday, October 25, the fishermen are not advised to enter the sea as the wind speed is expected to hit 60 kmph in the coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal.