Runway at kolkata airport flooded due to heavy rain...
The runway at kolkata, West Bengal's Netaji Subhash chandra bose International Airport experienced waterlogging due to heavy rains that fell continuously on saturday as a low-pressure region transformed into a deep depression, affecting the city and surrounding districts. Waterlogging was caused by the severe rain in Barrackpore, Howrah, kolkata, and salt Lake. The condition is expected to endure throughout the day, according to the indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Although there was no disruption to transportation, police in central and south kolkata reported ankle-deep water. Since friday afternoon, there has been up to 7 cm of rain in certain regions.
Why did kolkata receive so much rain?
"The deep depression that was approaching bihar and Uttar Pradesh was caused by the low pressure that was over jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal. The rains were triggered by this, and an active monsoon trough ran across southern West bengal, the official said.
West bengal meteorological updates
For the next twelve hours, showers will persist in the southern districts, which include Howrah, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly, Nadia, and North and South 24 Parganas. Lightning and thunderstorms were also mentioned by the MeT Department.
Kolkata and other parts of Gangetic West bengal were included in the "yellow" alert for heavy rain up to 11 cm. There was a "orange" alert for Purulia, Murshidabad, Malda, Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong due to severe to very heavy rains. A'red' alert was issued for Alipurduar in the event of up to 20 cm of rainfall. kolkata saw a maximum temperature of 30.1 degrees Celsius on friday, which is 2.4 degrees below average, and a minimum temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, which is 0.6 degrees below average.
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