Although the day was sultry, the sky turned dark on Tuesday evening. Earlier, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted thunderstorms and thundershowers in several parts of Bengal due to the presence of an upper air trough from Bihar to Odisha and strong moisture incursion from Bay of Bengal
Amit DattaA squall had passed over Alipore observatory (Kolkata) from the northwesterly direction on Monday evening with a maximum wind gust of 84 kmph and lasted for three minutes and over Dumdum from the westerly direction 62 kmph. It lasted for a minute. Meanwhile, several trees were uprooted due to the storm which the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) workers cleared on Tuesday
Arnab Dutta