Overview

• At least 10 people were reported dead, most from electrocution linked to exposed wires in flooded streets.
• Air, rail, metro and road services were disrupted, schools shut and Puja holidays were brought forward as many neighborhoods stayed waterlogged.
• Large pandals and preparations for Durga Puja were damaged or submerged, raising uncertainty over the week’s festivities.
• IMD data showed 251.4 mm fell in under a day, with south Kolkata stations such as Garia Kamdahari at 332 mm and Jodhpur Park at 285 mm in a few hours.
• Meteorologists attributed the three-hour deluge to an 18-km-tall cumulonimbus fed by a Bay of Bengal low, and the IMD kept an orange alert in place with chances of more rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds.