High alert sounded in Bengal over heavy rains

Kolkata: West Bengal has once again expressed the possibility of heavy rainfall in the state. According to the Alipore Meteorological Department, in just 24 hours, heavy rains are coming in one district after another in South Bengal, including Kolkata. And this rain will continue. On the other hand, disaster will continue in North Bengal. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Bihar, Assam and Meghalaya on Saturday. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. According to the Meteorological Department, the monsoon axis extends over Bankura and Digha in South Bengal after Gorakhpur Patna to east central Bay of Bengal. As a result, from north to south... It will be swept away by heavy rains.