Nor’wester passes over south Bengal, disrupts road and railway movement
The Hindu
A nor’wester passed over southern districts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, on May 15 evening bringing down trees and disrupting road and railway movement.
A nor’wester passed over southern districts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, on May 15 evening bringing down trees and disrupting road and railway movement.
Though the squall brought relief to the people of the city and south Bengal who were facing sweltering heat the weather phenomenon caused heavy traffic snarls in the city.
Several vehicles were also destroyed as the uprooted trees fell on them, particularly in the Kolkata Maidan area. Personnel of the disaster management group were pressed in to clear the roads. Railway services in the Sealdah South suburban division were also disrupted.
According to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata, the squall passed over Alipore observatory (Kolkata) from the “northwesterly direction today on 15.05.2023 at 1741 hrs IST with maximum wind gust 84 kmph and lasted for three minutes”.
At Dumdum in the northern fringes of the city, the squall passed “18:00 hrs from westerly direction 62 kmph lasted for one minute”.
Light to moderate rain accompanied the squall in various districts, including in Kolkata.
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