The Met department on Wednesday forecast rain accompanied by thunderstorms in Kolkata, which is likely to dampen the festive mood in the city as a large number of people will throng puja mandaps on the penultimate day of Durga Puja
As the Kolkatans today tried to gather bits and pieces left after the record rainfall to return to normal life and prepare for the approaching festival, the Met department tipped a wet Maha Panchami this year.
As per the latest update by Indian meteorological department, cyclonic storm 'Michaung' intensified to severe cyclonic storm at 8:30 am of December 4 about 90 km East northeast of Chennai.
Two helicopters and six boats were pressed into service to rescue people while holiday has been declared for educational institutions.
The Met Department has predicted heavy rain in north Bihar and the Seemanchal region for the next three days,
The deaths occurred due to house collapses and tree falling incidents.
Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani said that with every tehsil in the state receiving good rain and water stock in dams at 60 per cent, there is no longer drought anywhere.
The rainfall which started from Saturday in the city and its surrounding districts will continue to bring much needed respite from the extremely hot and humid conditions of the past few weeks.
The Nifty IT and metal index led the gains on the bourses. While metal stocks rose on cooling US-China trade tension and encouraging China's trade data released over the weekend, the export-oriented IT stocks gained owing to the weakening rupee.
Nor'westers were also reported from different parts of south Bengal, leading to damage of hutments and electric poles in some areas, official sources said.
