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Kolkata Airport Runway Flooded After Heavy Rain; IMD Issues Warning for More Showers

Kolkata, West Bengal’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport saw waterlogging on its runway 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 occurred in Kolkata, Howrah, Salt Lake, and Barrackpore as a result of the intense rain. The conditions will not change during the day, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Traffic in central and south Kolkata remained unaffected despite police reports of ankle-deep water. Up to 7 cm of rain fell in certain places since Friday afternoon.

Why Kolkata hit by heavy 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 across southern West Bengal, the official said.

Source: Hindustan Times

West Bengal weather updates

Showers will persist for the next twelve hours in the southern districts, which include Howrah, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly, Nadia, and North and South 24 Parganas. Also, lightning and thunderstorms were warned of by the MeT Department.

For the Gangetic West Bengal region, which includes Kolkata, a “yellow” signal for heavy rain up to 11 cm was issued. Purulia, Murshidabad, Malda, Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong were all under a “orange” alert for severe to very heavy rainfall. There was a’red’ alert for Alipurduar for up to 20 cm of rain.

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The highest recorded temperature in Kolkata on Friday was 30.1 degrees Celsius, which is 2.4 degrees below average, while the lowest recorded temperature was 26 degrees, which is 0.6 degrees below average.