By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Deep Depression over Gangetic West Bengal moved west-northwestward with a speed of 8 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centered at 1130 hours IST of today, the 15th September 2024, over the same region near latitude 22.7° N and longitude 87.5° E, about 90 km west-northwest of Kolkata (West Bengal), 90 km south-southeast of Bankura (West Bengal), 140 km east of Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) and 230 km east-southeast of Ranchi (Jharkhand).
It is likely to move slowly, nearly westwards across Gangetic West Bengal and maintain its intensity of deep depression till 15th September. Thereafter, it is likely to weaken gradually into a depression and move nearly westwards across Jharkhand and North Chhattisgarh during subsequent 48 hours.
The deep depression is under continuous surveillance by the Doppler Weather Radar at Kolkata.
