Around midnight on Friday, a thunderstorm struck Calcutta and neighbouring districts, disrupting flights and delaying the aircraft carrying Union home minister Amit Shah by nearly an hour. ADVERTISEMENT“The plane from New Delhi was supposed to land in Calcutta at 12.25am on Saturday. A squall struck North 24-Parganas around 12.30am, with Dum Dum recording a peak wind speed of 61kmph, a Met official said. On Thursday afternoon, a strong spell of rain, winds and a brief hailstorm struck Dum Dum and neighbouring areas. Thursday’s storm also disrupted flight operations, including forcing the aircraft carrying chief minister Mamata Banerjee to hover for over an hour while returning from Andal.

Source: The Telegraph March 29, 2026 01:50 UTC