[{"id":1,"type":"text","value":"The good news — the intensity of the rain is likely to come down and the weather is set to improve from Sunday.\n\nThe caution — an abnormal surge in the wa...

[{"id":1,"type":"text","value":"Many pockets in Calcutta remained under water till late on Friday, more than 24 hours after the intense spell of rain.\n\nNeighbourhoods in Kasba, Behala and Kidderpore...

Two weather systems teamed up with strong southwest monsoon currents to trigger overnight torrential rain in the city. Between Wednesday morning and Thursday morning, the Met office recorded close to...

The southwest monsoon has finally hit Odisha with several districts such as Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur. Kalahandi, Naygarh, Khurda and Puri witnessing moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday. He...

A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is tipped to propel the monsoon into Calcutta around June 11, the Met office said on Friday. “A low-pressure area is likely to form over north Bay of ...

According to sources, Upanna used to house the chief minister’s grievance redressal cell and it would be shifted temporarily to make space for the control room. A senior government official sai...

The Mamata Banerjee government has nearly completed the planning to evacuate people in vulnerable areas, particularly coastal belts of East Midnapore, as the Met office has warned the state that cyclo...

“The water level in the Hooghly rose during high tide before the rain started. The lock gates were closed around 1.30pm and reopened at 3.30pm. The closure of the gates coincided with the rain, ...

A hot and sweaty morning in the city was followed by thundershowers in the afternoon on Sunday. Dark clouds started gathering from 2pm. The showers started around an hour later, preceded by gusts of ...

Two consecutive days of plus-39 degrees temperature triggered a flurry of posts on social media, many of them featuring ice creams and cold beverages. Also on the Met radar was the “low moistur...