Cyclone Komen to cause heavy rainfall in WB, state on high alert
East and Southeast of Kolkata is also expected to receive heavy rainfall.
"The deep depression over northeast Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards during past 9 hrs, intensified into a cyclonic storm ‘Komen’ and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 30 July 2015 near latitude 21.70N and longitude 91.20E, 95 km south-southwest of Chittagong (41977) and 300 km east-southeast of Kolkata( 42907)," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) statement said.
The IMD forecast rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy at isolated places like the Gangetic West Bengal on Thursday and Friday.
Squally wind speed reaching 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph would prevail along and off West Bengal and north Odisha coasts during next 48 hours.
The government has sounded a high alert in all southern districts of Bengal, especially North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Burdwan, Hooghly, Birbhum and Murshidabad.
Gujarat and Odisha have already been lashed with heavy rainfalls.
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will also receive heavy to very heavy rainfalls.
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