Monsoon rains have geared up over West Bengal in the past three to four days. During the last 24 hours as well, extremely heavy rains have been witnessed over several areas of the state.
According to Skymet Weather, Bankura has recorded a whopping 686 mm of rainfall in just four days. In the similar manner, other districts like Asanasol, Midnapore, Kolkata, Burdwan and Sriniketan also observed good sum of rainfall.
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In a span of 24 hours from 08:30 am on Monday, Bankura recorded a massive 226 mm of rainfall, followed by Asansol 120 mm, Sriniketan 84 mm, Burdwan 42 mm, Kolkata 28 mm, Midnapore 34 mm, Digha 15 mm, Cooch Behar 18 mm, Diamond Harbour 11 mm and Malda 7 mm of light showers.
The reason for these rains can be credited to the well-marked low pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining parts of Jharkhand.
Take a look at the live lightning and thunderstorm status across West Bengal
Now this system is likely to weaken and move toward Jharkhand and North Chhattisgarh, as per weatherman. Hence, Bankura, Barddhaman, Birbhum, East Midnapore, Haora, Hugli, Kolkata, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Puruliya, South 24 Parganas and West Midnapore will continue to record good rains during the next 12 hours.
Thereafter, the rain intensity will decrease gradually from southeast parts of the state, however light to moderate rains cannot be ruled out.
Since the arrival of Southwest Monsoon, many parts of West Bengal have been observing rain and thundershower activities. But the intensity continued to be light with one or two moderate spells.
Despite these heavy rains, Gangetic West Bengal is rain surplus by just 14%. However, we can expect the excess to increase further over the region in the next couple of days.
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