Alipur Meteorological Department issued a heavy rain warning

In short, as it is, it will be. It has been raining sporadically all over Bengal for the past few days. The weather department said that the same situation will continue for the next few days. It has been predicted that there will be more rain in North Bengal than in South Bengal.

The Alipur Meteorological Department said that the monsoon axis will move northward in the next 4 to 5 days. At present, it extends over south-west Bengal to the Bay of Bengal. As a result, heavy rain has been predicted in nine districts of South Bengal, including Kolkata, on Thursday. Rain will increase in Bengal from Wednesday.

Heavy rain is expected in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North and South 24 Parganas, East and West Midnipur, Bankura, and East Burdwan districts. Heavy rain is expected in three western districts on Friday. They are Purulia, West Burdwan, and Birbhum. On the other hand, scattered rain will continue in five districts of North Bengal this week. But the rain will increase again from Saturday. Heavy rain is forecast in several districts, including Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri.

Rain may increase in Kolkata from Wednesday. For now, light to moderate rain with scattered thundershowers will continue in the city. Heavy rain is forecast in Kolkata on Thursday. But there will also be discomfort due to humidity due to the presence of water vapor. Today the minimum temperature in Kolkata is 28.2 degrees. The maximum temperature yesterday was 31.9 degrees. 7.8 mm of rain fell.

Not only in West Bengal but also in foreign states, the weather office has warned of heavy rain. Heavy rain is likely over Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Odisha. This weather is expected to persist till next Sunday.

By Banasree Sarkar