Moderate to heavy rain lashed different parts of the metropolis today, leading to waterlogging of streets and traffic snarls during the rush hours in the evening.
Several commuters were stranded in the rain for hours as vehicles queued up in the flooded thoroughfares.
The Met department recorded 15 mm rainfall in Kolkata till 5.30pm today.
In the adjoining districts of West Midnapore, Birbhum, North 24 Parganas, Hooghly and Howrah, the downpour was accompanied by lightning.
The weatherman has forecast heavy rain in isolated places of Gangetic West Bengal till tomorrow morning and northern part of the state, including Darjeeling, Cooch Behar and Kalimpong, till Thursday.
Squally wind with speed reaching 35 to 45 km per hour is likely along and off the West Bengal coast, the Met department said.
Fishermen have been advised against venturing into the sea over the next two days, it added.
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