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Western parts of Bengal to experience heat wave conditions in next 3/4 days

Kolkata, Apr 1 (UNI) Eastern Regional Chief, Meteorology department, Alipore Dr Somnath Dutta.on Monday predicted that a heat wave condition would prevail in the western districts of West Bengal in next 3/4 days.
Clarifying the Sunday's storm, which lashed parts of Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, and Cooch Behar districts of north Bengal, Dutta said it was a sort of " tornado" with a wind speed between 60 to 75 km an hour. It lasted eight minutes from 3: 15 PM to 3: 23 PM and swept through Varnish village near Maynaguri in Jalpaiguri district.
" The storm was a small tornado type with a 400 mts radius in the area," Dutta told reporters.
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