Heavy rains today lashed the metropolis and several other parts of West Bengal claiming three lives and flattening several mud-built houses.
Gusts of wind accompanied by heavy rains triggered the collapse of the mud-built houses and uprooted trees in almost all of south Bengal districts since last night.
One of the casualties occurred in Kolkata when a person was electrocuted and the three others injured near a cinema house in New Market area, the police said.
The other casualty was in neighbouring South 24 Parganas district with a fish seller, Premchand, being electrocuted when he came in contact with a wire lying on the road at Bibirhat in the Bishnu police station limits, police said.
A man was killed as a wall gave way at Noapara village under Haroa police station in North 24 Parganas district.
All low-lying areas of Kolkata were flooded while 137 trees were uprooted disrupting traffic following the rains triggered by a trough over the Bay of Bengal.
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Regional Meteorological Centre Director G C Debnath said the deep depression was lying 30 km north northwest of Kolkata at 2:30 pm and was likely to intensify further, resulting in more rains in the next 24 hours.