Kolkata: Cyclone Aila brought large-scale damage to life and property in West Bengal on Monday but Kolkata may have missed the worst with the Cyclone appearing to veer away. Nine people have already died across West Bengal with incessant rains and winds causing havoc.
With incessant rains and winds hitting the state, 14 flights to Kolkata have been diverted. Several trains and auto services have also been halted.
The strong winds have uprooted trees and caused several road accidents. In fact, one man was trapped and had to be rescued from a mangled car.
It was the second storm in the Bay of Bengal in less than one month. Several people were killed and hundreds of thatched houses destroyed at the country's Cox's Bazar on April 17.
In the two districts of North and South 24 Parganas, neighbouring Kolkata, hundreds of mud houses collapsed while there were breaches in embankments flooding 200 villages, reports from districts said.
The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal had turned into a cyclonic storm which would be accompanied by heavy to very heavy rains, the Met department said.
With incessant rains and winds hitting the state, 14 flights to Kolkata have been diverted. Several trains and auto services have also been halted.
The strong winds have uprooted trees and caused several road accidents. In fact, one man was trapped and had to be rescued from a mangled car.
It was the second storm in the Bay of Bengal in less than one month. Several people were killed and hundreds of thatched houses destroyed at the country's Cox's Bazar on April 17.
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In the two districts of North and South 24 Parganas, neighbouring Kolkata, hundreds of mud houses collapsed while there were breaches in embankments flooding 200 villages, reports from districts said.
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The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal had turned into a cyclonic storm which would be accompanied by heavy to very heavy rains, the Met department said.
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