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Yellow Alert: Kolkata and Districts Brace for Storms, Rain, and Lightning Ahead of Deep Depression
- •Yellow alert issued for storms and rain with lightning in Kolkata, Paschim Bardhaman, Bankura, and Malda districts.
- •Light to moderate rain with lightning expected in the next one to two hours, accompanied by gusty winds of 30-40 kmph.
- •A deep depression over the west-central Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a very deep depression.
- •Landfall expected between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
- •Heavy to very heavy rain alerts for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh; heavy rain also predicted for Gangetic West Bengal and other states.
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According to the Alipore Meteorological Department, a yellow alert for light to moderate rain accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour has been issued for Kolkata, Paschim Bardhaman, Bankura, Malda, Purulia, and Howrah districts.
A deep depression is situated over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal. Over the next 24 hours, it is forecast to intensify further into a very deep depression and move northwestwards over West Bengal, concentrating over the northwest Bay of Bengal before making landfall.
The system is expected to make landfall as a very deep depression between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur from Wednesday night to Thursday morning, bringing heavy to very heavy rainfall to states like Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
