At least 14 people ( 14 people)died due to lightning

Kolkata: At least 14 people ( 14 people) died due to lightning in 5 districts of West Bengal. The officers provided this information. Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning struck several districts of South Bengal including Kolkata, Howrah, North 24 Parganas, Purba Bardhaman and Murshidabad on Thursday evening. An official of the West Bengal Disaster Management Department said that lightning struck four more in East Bardhaman district and Murshidabad and Murshidabad. 2-2 people died in North 24 Parganas.

West Bengal police officials said that 6 more deaths have been reported from West Midnapore and Howrah rural districts. “Three deaths each have been reported from West Midnapore and Howrah Rural,” an official said. According to officials, the victims were mostly farmers who were struck by lightning while working in agricultural fields. An official of the Regional Meteorological Center said that Alipore recorded the highest wind speed of 79 km per hour.

According to the meteorologist, at present a Western Disturbance has formed in the form of a cyclone in the upper part of the air over Pakistan and its surrounding areas. A trough is running from West Vidarbha to Karnataka. A cyclone has also formed in the upper part of the air over Rajasthan. Due to this, the wind direction at the lower level has remained south and south-east, while at a height of about three kilometers, the wind direction has become west and south-west. Along with the winds, moisture is coming from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. Because of this, the weather pattern is likely to remain like this for the next few days.