Bengal on Red Alert: There is a continuous heavy rains in West Bengal. Many districts including Darjeeling have caused havoc due to disasters like landslides and floods. More than 20 people have died so far.
Bengal on Red Alert: The weather patterns in West Bengal continue to be constantly bad. The Meteorological Department on Sunday issued a ‘red’ alert for Darjeeling, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar districts of North Bengal. Under this, in the next 24 hours, there has been warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in many parts of these districts. At the same time, a yellow alert has been issued for Kalimpong and other parts of Darjeeling, which has predicted light to moderate rain or thunder.
Meteorological department released alert
According to the Meteorological Department official, most districts of North Bengal may be splashed with light to moderate rains or thunderstorms. In addition, there may be heavy to very heavy rainfall from 7 to 20 cm in some places. One or two areas of Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and Darjeeling are expected to receive extremely heavy rainfall up to 20 centimeters.
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At least 20 people died
Due to rain, landslides incidents are also coming to the fore. At least 20 people have died in the landslides in Mirik, Darjeeling and the surrounding hilly areas. These include many children, while dozens of others were injured. Many houses were washed away due to landslides, road connectivity was broken and many villages were isolated. Apart from this, hundreds of tourists are also trapped, which are going on relief work to remove.
The Meteorological Department has advised citizens to be vigilant and stay in safe places. Also, the administration has deployed teams of NDRF and SDRF, so that immediate relief and rescue operations can be done in any emergency. People have been urged not to keep watching the weather updates continuously and do not go to risky areas.