India Heaviest Rainfall and Flood
Floodwaters and road traffic were in abundance in the Indian city of Kolkata on Monday when it received more than half of its monthly rainfall in just 24 hours.
A low-pressure area that began in the Bay of Bengal brought record-breaking periods of intense rainfall to Kolkata to begin the week, forecasters say. The rainfall in Kolkata, the capital of India’s West Bengal state, totaled 5.60 inches (142 mm) in a 24-hour period ending Monday morning.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) notes that while 6.85 inches (174 mm) of rain fell on Sept. 25, 2007, that rainfall total was the largest recorded on that date.
Several residents were awakened to a flooded environment on Monday morning after a downpour that lasted through the night.
Floodwaters as high as the waist made walking down the street nearly impossible for pedestrians. In floodwaters that reached above the top of the tires, vehicles that tried to forge the flood had their tops submerged and created waves that broke above the front headlamps.
Though the airport was flooded on Monday, it continued to function without having to close completely.
But other means of transportation, such as ferries, were completely overwhelmed by flood waters. Hindustan Times reported that the Kolkata Circular Railway’s operation was halted on Monday.
While in the midst of the difficult monsoon season, the extensive and sudden rainfall in Kolkata, which is home to nearly 15 million people, was largely caused by the extreme precipitation rates.
Kolkata’s drainage system can deal with about 0.2 inches of rain in an hour, but it took four or five hours for parts of the city to receive over 4 inches of rain. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Senior Engineer told The Telegraph India, “You cannot escape waterlogging under such circumstances.”
The IMD recorded that a rainfall of more than four inches (100 mm) fell between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m., local time.
KMC engineer: “We put every pumping station into operation, but water was not removed from most locations until Monday evening.”
The city normally receives around 11.5 inches (292 mm) of rain in September, with the majority of that coming from the Southwest monsoon.
People who are looking to start getting their homes back in order after Monday’s flooding may have to wait until midweek for Mother Nature to lend a hand.
“Showers, some of them heavy, will develop in Odisha and West Bengal, including Kolkata, starting on Wednesday due to the development of a weak area of low pressure. It is expected that scattered showers of lighter intensity will continue for the rest of the week International Meteorologists explained, paraphrase paraphrase
India’s recent severe weather is not restricted to West Bengal. At least five people were killed and at least one was injured when lightning struck Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
India’s monsoon season sees a big increase in lightning strikes. Meteorologists says, “Monsoonal storms often result in a large amount of lightning.”
18.5 million lightning strikes were recorded in India over the year April 2020 through March 2021, and nearly 1,700 people were killed by lightning, according to data gathered by the annual lightning report.
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