Kolkata Latest Weather Update: Bengal Faces Storms and Heavy Rain in Several Districts; Check Here

Storms and rain continue across the state, with showers likely in Jhargram, West Medinipur and Bankura. A low-pressure trough and cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal may intensify rainfall further in the coming days.

For the last few days, storms and rain have been hitting the state. The rain usually starts in the evening. It has picked up since the day of the election results, and the trend is continuing. Every evening, the sky turns dark and it starts to pour.

The southern districts also saw storms and rain on Friday. The weather office had already predicted rain for West Bardhaman, Bankura, Purulia, and East Bardhaman. Let's find out what Saturday's weather looks like.

It might rain today, Saturday, which is also the new government's swearing-in day. The forecast shows a chance of rain in Jhargram, West Medinipur, and Bankura. The weather will remain dry in the other districts.

While the rain might reduce a bit from Sunday, it will start up again from May 13. The Alipore Met office bulletin says a low-pressure trough is the reason. It runs from south Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to Jharkhand, along with a cyclonic circulation over east Bihar.

These two weather systems, the trough and the cyclonic circulation, are drawing huge amounts of moisture from the Bay of Bengal. This is what's causing the rain across the state. The fresh spell of rain is expected to start from May 13.