"Deep depression over Gangetic West Bengal moved North Westward; intensity to weaken within 48 hours," says IMD

New Delhi [India], September 15 : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday reported that the deep depression formed over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh has moved west-northwestward at a speed of 5 km/h over the past six hours. It is expected to maintain its intensity as a deep depression until September 15 before gradually weakening into a depression.
Following this development, parts of South 24 Parganas experienced rainfall. Visuals from the Sundarbans area showed heavy rain lashing the region.
"The deep depression over Gangetic West Bengal moved west-northwestward at a speed of 5 km/h over the past six hours and was centred at 1200 UTC today, September 15, 2024, over the same region near latitude 22.8°N and longitude 87.2°E, approximately 120 km west-northwest of Kolkata, 70 km south of Bankura, 100 km east of Jamshedpur, and 200 km east-southeast of Ranchi," the IMD stated.
"It is likely to continue moving slowly, nearly westwards, across Gangetic West Bengal, maintaining its intensity as a deep depression until September 15. Thereafter, it is expected to gradually weaken into a depression and move westwards across Jharkhand and northern Chhattisgarh over the next 48 hours," the IMD added.
The IMD has also issued an alert for "heavy to very heavy rainfall" on September 15 in isolated areas of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal.