Heavy rain led to waterlogging on the runway of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in the Indian city of Kolkata, West Bengal. The downpour, driven by a low-pressure area turning into a deep depression, affected Kolkata and nearby districts on Saturday (Aug 3).
The rainfall caused flooding in various areas including Kolkata, Howrah, Salt Lake, and Barrackpore. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), this situation is expected to last through the day.
Police noted ankle-deep water in central and southern parts of Kolkata, though traffic remained unaffected. Some regions received up to seven centimetres of rain since Friday afternoon.
“The low pressure over Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal turned into a deep depression, moving towards Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. This, along with an active monsoon trough over southern West Bengal, caused the rains,” a local official said.
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The southern districts such as Howrah, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly, Nadia, and North and South 24 Parganas are expected to witness rain for the next 12 hours. The MeT Department has also issued a warning for thunderstorms and lightning.
A ‘yellow’ alert, indicating heavy rain up to 11 cm, has been issued for Gangetic West Bengal, including Kolkata. An ‘orange’ alert, signifying heavy to very heavy rainfall, has been issued for Purulia, Murshidabad, Malda, Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong. A ‘red’ alert, predicting rainfall up to 20 cm, has been issued for Alipurduar.
On Friday, Kolkata recorded a maximum temperature of 30.1 degrees Celsius, which is 2.4 degrees below normal, and a minimum temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, which is 0.6 degrees below normal.
In a separate incident, Jaipur, the capital of India’s western state, Rajasthan, witnessed torrential rainfall on Thursday (Aug 1) which left many parts, including the Jaipur International Airport (JIA), waterlogged.
One particular video from Jaipur shows a pilot trying to enter Jaipur International Airport while standing on a luggage cart and has gone viral.
(With inputs from agencies)
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