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Nor'wester in Kolkata, India, 2010. A kalbaisakhi (Bengali: কাল বৈশাখী /kaːl boiʃakʰi/, Odia: କାଳ ବୈଶାଖୀ /kaɭɔ̟ bɔ̟isakʰi/,), also known in Assam as a bordoisila (বৰদৈচিলা) and in some English publications as a nor'wester, is a localised rainfall and thunderstorm event which occurs in Bangladesh as well as the Indian states of Bihar ...
Indian Premier League leaders the Kolkata Knight Riders became the first playoff team after beating Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in a rain-shortened match on Saturday. A nearly two-hour delay reduced ...
The highest rainfall occurs during the monsoon in July and August interchangeably. The city receives 2578 hours of sunshine per annum, with the maximum sunlight occurring in March. [ 4 ] Pollution is a major concern in Kolkata, and the Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) level is high when compared to other major cities of India, [ 5 ] [ 6 ...
The cumulative rainfall received in Birbhum from 20 to 26 July was over 600 mm. From the weather system, the capital city of Kolkata received 142 mm of rain in 48 hours. July 2017 was the second wettest in Kolkata since 2008 with rain count 72% above the normal mark – the city received 621.5 mm rain.
Annual rainfall varies in different parts of the state. North Bengal receives the highest rainfall, 200 to 400 cm. In the coastal areas rainfall is about 200 cm, in the Ganga plain and in the central part of the state rainfall is about 150–200 cm, and in the western plateau region the amount of rainfall received is about 100 to 125 cm ...
On 5 October 1864, most of the areas of Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), India was inundated and destroyed by a tropical cyclone.Dubbed the 1864 Calcutta cyclone, the storm caused over 60,000 fatalities in its wake.
This made Kolkata the most polluted metropolitan city in India, followed respectively by Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. [1] In a 6-years long study completed in 2007, the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) found that 70% of residents of Kolkata suffer from respiratory diseases, like lung cancer, dyspnea and asthma, caused by air ...
It was also the fourth super cyclone that hit West Bengal and Kolkata since 2015 as well as being one of the strongest storms to impact the area. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Causing over US$15 billion of damage, Amphan is also the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean , surpassing the record held by Nargis of 2008.