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A tram, seen during rains successful the aftermath of the cyclonic tempest 'Dana', which is expected to marque landfall successful Odisha, successful Kolkata, Wednesday, Oct 23, 2024. (PTI Photo)
A wide entity marked Kolkata’s upwind connected Saturday, a time aft dense rains lashed the metropolis owed to cyclone Dana.
Water receded from galore areas arsenic the rains stopped successful overmuch respite for the radical of the city, officials said.
Kolkata recorded 152.8 mm of rainfall successful the 24-hour play till 6:30 americium connected Saturday, they said.
The IMD, however, said isolated airy to mean showers are apt successful immoderate areas of the metropolis during the day.
The maximum somesthesia would beryllium 30 degrees Celsius, portion the minimum would beryllium 24 degrees, it said.
Severe cyclonic tempest Dana struck the eastbound seashore successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, triggering torrential rainfall and high-speed winds that uprooted trees and electrical poles and caused important harm to infrastructure and crops successful Odisha and West Bengal.
The landfall started astir 12.05 americium connected Friday betwixt Bhitarkanika successful Kendrapara and Dhamra successful Bhadrak territory of Odisha with upwind speeds of astir 110 kmph, and ended astir 8.30 am.
Four persons person died successful rain-related incidents, including electrocution, successful West Bengal, according to officials.
Though the concern successful Kolkata improved, respective areas successful Hooghly, Bankura, Jhargram, and Purba and Paschim Medinipur districts remained waterlogged.
The dense showers person inundated farmlands, causing harm to crops specified arsenic paddy and potatoes, officials said.
The IMD said isolated dense rains are apt successful Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts, and the upwind is apt to amended from Sunday.
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