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At least ten dead as twin storms hit West Bengal
Mobile and Internet services were hit with the storm snapping overhead wires and damaging mobile towers. Two mobile towers in Uttarpara and Hindmotor of Hooghy district gave way, throwing vehicular traffic off-gear.
According to the metrological office, a norwester — a seasonal storm common in this part of the world — with gale speed of 84 km per hour hit the city and other south Bengal districts around 7:42 pm. Another storm struck Kolkata and adjoining districts with a wind speed of upto 98 km soon after 7:55 pm.
At least ten dead as twin storms hit West Bengal; rains lash Odisha, Jharkhand, Goa