Nor’wester kills two, south Bengal likely to receive more rainfall

The city traffic police said parts of Central Avenue, MG Road, Bidhan Sarani and Ultadanga were left waterlogged.

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The meteorological department on Thursday forecast more rain in South Bengal in the next two days, hours after a nor’wester hit Kolkata and several districts overnight, claiming at least two lives, and uprooting trees and lamp posts.

The squall brought rain Wednesday evening onwards, a week after cyclone Amphan left a trail of destruction in South Bengal districts. In Kolkata, it uprooted trees in localities such as Deshapriya Park, Shyambazar, and Jadavpur. The city traffic police said parts of Central Avenue, MG Road, Bidhan Sarani and Ultadanga were left waterlogged.