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Down To Earth
|April 16, 2024
A DEADLY tornado struck the Mainaguri area of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, on March 31.
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Lasting for 10 minutes, the tornado killed five people and injured over 100 others. Tornadoes, especially those as strong as seen in Jalpaiguri, are rare in India. "The warm ocean and the warming land with the anomalous wind patterns are beginning to let the seeds sprout into tornadoes," Raghu Murtugudde, climate scientist at the Indian In
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