Nor'westor claims three lives in south Bengal
Kolkata, Three persons were killed on Friday as a Nor’westor packing wind speed of about 68 kmph and accompanied by heavy rain hit some south Bengal districts in the evening hours.
A senior official of the Disaster Management Department said two persons were killed after lightning struck them when they took shelter under a tree at Bud Bud in West Burdwan district.
Another person also died in a lightning strike at Manteswar in East Burdwan district, he said.
“A squall passed over Kolkata (Alipore) with a maximum wind speed of 68 kmph at 5.26 PM,” meteorological department sources said.
The Nor’westor also disrupted life for hours in Howrah, Hooghly, North 24 Parganas and Kolkata districts, the official said.
Nor’westors, characterised by violent thunderstorms, lightning and rains, take place in the eastern states usually during the afternoon and evening hours between March, the onset of summer, till the arrival of the monsoons.
“A squall passed over Kolkata (Alipore) with a maximum wind speed of 68 kmph at 5.26 PM,” meteorological department sources said.
The Nor’westor also disrupted life for hours in Howrah, Hooghly, North 24 Parganas and Kolkata districts, the official said.
Nor’westors, characterised by violent thunderstorms, lightning and rains, take place in the eastern states usually during the afternoon and evening hours between March, the onset of summer, till the arrival of the monsoons.
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