More Rain Likely in Several Parts of West Bengal
AMN/ WEB DESK
Severe cyclonic storm ‘Remal’ has weakened into a cyclonic storm, sustaining wind speeds of 80-90 kmph, following landfall around midnight of Sunday, the Met Department said.
The Met Deparment has said that the weather system, which lay 150 km northeast of Sagar Island at 5.30 am, brought torrential rain in Calcutta and the coastal districts of West Bengal overnight.
The weatherman has forecast more rain in Calcutta and the southern districts including Nadia and Murshidabad, with one or two spells of intense downpour, along with gusty surface winds till Tuesday.
Scenes of widespread devastation were evident across West Bengal’s coastal areas, with extensive damage to infrastructure and property, a day after Cyclone Remal tore through the coasts of Bangladesh and West Bengal with winds reaching speeds of 135 km per hour.
The cyclone ravaged adjacent coasts of the state and Bangladesh between Sagar Island and Khepupara, near the southwest of Mongla in the neighbouring country, after its landfall process began at 8.30 pm on Sunday, officials said.
Flights services from the Calcutta airport resumed on Tuesday after remaining suspended for hours amid the cyclone Remal.