Overnight heavy torrential rains left Kolkata and the surrounding areas submerged Tuesday, paralysing the day-to-day activities just days ahead of Durga Puja.

Here’s 5 key things to know about the rain fury and its impact

How much rainfall did Kolkata get?

The city received 251.4 mm of rainfall in less than 24 hours, the highest since 1986 and the sixth-highest single-day rainfall in the last 137 years, only behind the record 369.6 mm in 1978, 253 mm in 1888, and 259.5, 98 years later. With the southern and eastern neighbourhoods like Garia Kamdahari (332 mm) and Jodhpur Park (285 mm) worst hit, while Thantania in north Kolkata received 195 mm of rain.

What is the death toll?

At least 10 people, including nine from electrocution, died as Kolkata witnessed its heaviest rain in nearly

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