MET predicts wet weekend, hail & thunderstorms
Two systems brewing over Gangetic South Bengal are anticipated to bring rainfall to the region for the next few days.
Two systems brewing over Gangetic South Bengal are anticipated to bring rainfall to the region for the next few days.
Rising environmental pollution remains a major cause behind increasing cases of cancer, gastrointestinal and cardiac ailments in South Bengal over the past few years, pointed out a panel of expert physicians from the respective fields.
The Meteorological Department today issued a three-day forecast warning for nine districts of South Bengal, cautioning against persistent cold wave conditions and dense fog that may reduce morning visibility to between 50 and 199 metres.
After wreaking havoc in parts of Andhra Pradesh, the cyclonic storm ‘Montha’ weakened into a depression today bringing rainfall in several districts of South Bengal during the day.
As the South Bengal region is bracing for retreating of monsoons in a few days, data from the Regional Meteorological Centre revealed that Kolkata received more rainfall this rainy season than the average figures of the entire south and west Bengal.
A special programme was organised today by the department of land and land reforms and refugee relief and rehabilitation.
Under the aegis of the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Calcutta High Court, a Cluster V meeting was held today at the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Durgapur, with participation from four districts of South Bengal.
For countless villagers across south Bengal, the night often brings fear instead of rest—fear of an elephant herd straying into their fields, crushing the year’s harvest, toppling mud houses, or leaving behind a trail of grief.
There is a likelihood of adverse weather in Kolkata and most districts of South Bengal over the next three days.
The Meteorological (MeT) office, on Sunday, issued a red alert warning for rain in several North Bengal districts, with scattered thunderstorms likely to continue in South Bengal districts for the next few days.
