Monsoon advances in Maharashtra, Northeast

The Meteorological Department on Sunday announced the arrival of Southwest Monsoon over more parts of South India, Maharashtra and Northeast. By Sunday, it had covered 30 per cent of Maharashtra and had entered Pune and Raigad districts. The IMD said it is likely to reach Mumbai by next week. It had reached southern Kerala on Thursday, two days ahead of schedul

e. The IMD also said that the monsoon has covered the entire Northeast region. “Southwest Monsoon is further advanced into some more parts of Central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maharashtra, entire Karnataka, some more parts of Telangana, entire Tamil Nadu, some more parts of Andhra Pradesh, more parts of Central Bay of Bengal and Northeast Bay. has increased. Bengal, and hence the entire northeastern states of India (Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh), Today (Sunday) in most parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim,” the IMD said. India receives more than 70 percent annual rainfall between June and September. This year, the Meteorological Department is expecting normal to normal seasonal rains across the country. .