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Mumbai rains: Heavy downpour lashes city; trains delayed, landings suspended temporarily at airport
Fp Staff •Reports suggested that train services were affected on the western and central line. Due to bad weather, landings were suspended temporarily at the Mumbai airport. Vistara tweeted that flight UK 985 from Delhi to Mumbai had been diverted to Ahmedabad in view of the weather.
Eight dead, six injured after being struck by thunderstorm, lightning in Odisha; several districts see pre-monsoon rains
•The monsoon will reach Odisha five-six days late this time, said Indian Meteorological Department's (MeT) local office here on Monday as the pre-monsoon showers were reported from parts of the state
Monsoon in India to be 'below normal' this year due to moderate El Nino conditions; East Coast to see normal rains, predicts Skymet
•In its Monsoon forecast for 2019 released on Wednesday, the agency said it expects the upcoming Monsoon to be "below normal" to the tune of 93 per cent of the long period average (LPA) of 887 mm for the four-month period from June to September. It said there is an error margin of 5 per cent in the forecast.
What is causing widespread thunderstorms and dust storms over India?
Raghumurtugudde •The dust storms are more widespread and more devastating than expected and the rain and lightning storms that ensued have been more deadly.