After heavy thunderstorms and lightning hit Bengal on Friday evening , a 19-year-old boy and a 39-year-old man died when they were struck by lightning while working in the field at Natualpally village of Budbud area. Another per…
After heavy thunderstorms and lightning hit Bengal on Friday evening , a 19-year-old boy and a 39-year-old man died when they were struck by lightning while working in the field at Natualpally village of Budbud area. Another person died in another lightning strike at Manteswar, the officer said.
Hefty damages were reported from various parts of Howrah, South and North 24 Parganas, West and East Midnapore, Bankura, Purulia, Hooghly, Nadia districts. Trees were uprooted and electric poles, and damage to shops and other properties were affected after the first thunderstorms of the year rummaged the state.
The Meteorological Centre of Kolkata said that a voilent gust of wind passed over Kolkata (Alipore) with maximum wind speed of 68 kmph at 5.26 pm, followed by gusty northwesterly wind.
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