Kolkata, July 25 || Due to a low-pressure zone created over the Bay of Bengal, the city and several districts in south Bengal received heavy rainfall last night, leaving several streets both in the city and in the districts waterlogged, causing inconvenience to daily commuters on Friday morning.
According to the Met Office, the city and its adjoining areas will continue to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next four days.
A weather bulletin issued by the Indian Meteorological Department said the low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal and the associated cyclonic circulation will intensify into a depression over the coastal areas of West Bengal during the next 24 hours.
"Under the influence of the above systems, widespread light to moderate rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall and isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely over districts of south Bengal during the next two days. Also, due to strong monsoon flow, widespread light to moderate rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall activity likely to continue in the subsequent four days over the districts of south Bengal," read the weather bulletin.