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KOLKATA: Kolkata reeled under its heaviest rainfall in nearly four decades on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, as a torrential downpour of 251.4 mm brought the bustling metropolis of 15 million people to a complete standstill. The unprecedented deluge, which occurred just days before the city’s biggest festival, Durga Puja, claimed at least 10 lives and caused widespread damage to infrastructure and festival preparations.

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed this as the sixth-highest single-day rainfall in the city’s 137-year recorded history. The intensity of the rain, which peaked at a near-cloudbu

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