Deep Depression Brings Rain to Southern West Bengal

The Met Department has forecasted light to moderate rain for the next two days in southern West Bengal as a deep depression made landfall near Puri, Odisha. Rainfall is expected to occur in multiple districts, while the depression is likely to weaken by midnight on Monday.

The Met department has forecasted light to moderate rain across southern West Bengal for the next two days. This prediction follows a deep depression that made landfall near Puri, Odisha, originating over the Bay of Bengal.

According to the Met office, most areas in South 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Bankura, and Purulia districts, and various other southern parts of the state, can expect rainfall. The deep depression, as explained by the IMD, is set to weaken into a depression by midnight on Monday as it moves towards interior Odisha.

A deep depression signifies a more advanced stage of a low-pressure system and typically is a precursor to a cyclonic storm, according to the IMD.