20 killed in lightning strikes in south Bengal
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Lightning strikes killed 20 individuals throughout a number of districts of south Bengal on Monday as rain and thundershowers lashed the area. According to officers, 9 deaths had been reported every in Murshidabad and Hooghly and two in (*20*) Midnapore. Most of the victims had been farmers working in the fields.
The Regional Meteorological Centre at Alipore in Kolkata had predicted thunderstorms with lightning and gusty wind throughout a number of districts on Monday afternoon. Almost 13 districts from the South 24 Parganas to Purulia witnessed such climate. A squall that lasted about two minutes additionally handed over Alipore at 16.25 hours in the north westerly path with the very best wind of velocity of 59 kmph . The climate workplace has predicted comparable climate for some districts in north Bengal.
Adverse climate
Passengers in a Mumbai-Kolkata flight had a slim escape when the aircraft was caught in hostile climate simply earlier than touchdown on the metropolis airport. Three passengers suffered accidents and had been rushed to a hospital.
The central crew visited the South 24 Parganas district to take inventory of the numerous injury brought on by cyclone Yaas. The cyclone, which made landfall on May 26, had resulted in the ingress of saline water in low-lying areas in the district and Purba Medinipur district. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requested officers to be vigilant earlier than the excessive tides prone to happen on June 11 and June 26. Chief Secretary H.K. Dwivedi assured her that many of the embankments which have been breached shall be repaired earlier than the excessive tides.
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