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When and Where does Kal Baisakhi occur?

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Hint Kal Baisakhi mostly indicates the ‘Bordoisila’ : wild winds that indicate the incoming monsoon season; an isolated rain and thunder storm.

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1. Kal Baisakhi occurs in the countries of India and Bangladesh. It is a very violent hurricane-speed wind.
2. If the clouds absorb enough moisture and convection currents, it can even become a life threatening tornado.
3. These storms usually take place just before dusk or just a few hours after it, when thick dark black clouds start appearing over the South Western sky and then bring gale-speed wind with torrential rain often with hail but it exists only for a short duration.
4. Kalbaishakhi occurs, with increasing frequency, from March till mid july -August ( monsoon )and it establishes itself over North-East India.
5. During this time Odisha, West Bengal,Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand , Bangladesh and North-Eastern states of India are affected by violent thunderstorms.
6. They cause considerable damage to life and property and are known as Kalbaisakhi or the calamity of Baisakhi Which occurs in the month of March–May in India.

Therefore, Kalbaisakhi occurs in North and North-East India from March-May.

Note
A severe Kalbaisakhi occurred in Dhaka and northwestern region of Bangladesh late April 4, 2015, leaving at least 24 people dead and hundreds injured. weather officials said this was the first severe storm in the usual spring storm season.