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The Weather Report: Monsoon covers entire India, healthy rainfall to make up for deficit
Navdeep Dahiya •The Weather Report: The monsoon axis will be switching positions multiple times in the upcoming week, based on the observation rains across North India are likely to be normal to above normal throughout the next week
Southwest monsoon arrives in Odisha, likely to hit Jharkhand in 48 hours
Fp Staff •While Odisha has recorded nearly 70 per cent deficient rainfall by 15 June, Jharkhand has recorded a rainfall deficiency of 60 per cent between 1-16 June
Southwest Monsoon: Here’s when IMD says rain is expected in Maharashtra and Goa
Fp Explainers •Senior IMD scientist RK Jenamani said the monsoon could reach Maharashtra in the next two days and conditions are favourable for the advance of monsoon over Goa
Southwest monsoon season: Home Secretary calls on states, UTs to be better prepared ahead
•The Union Home Minister has also emphasized that it should be ensured that lives as far as possible should not be lost in incidents such as heatwaves and lightning
Southwest monsoon advances over Andaman & Nicobar islands, says IMD
•The Andaman and Nicobar islands and adjoining areas have already been experiencing rainfall due to strengthening of south-westerly winds
Monsoon in India likely to be normal, forecasts IMD
•Normal to above-normal rainfall is most likely over many areas in the northern part of peninsular India, central India, along the foothills of the Himalayas and some parts of northwest India
Southwest monsoon withdraws from India, seventh-most delayed retreat since 1975: IMD
•The withdrawal of the southwest monsoon 2021 from the entire country is the seventh-most delayed withdrawal (on or after 25 October) during 1975-2021, it said
Southwest Monsoon withdrawal begins says IMD; second-most delayed since 1960
•The withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon from northwest India usually begins from 17 September. The wind system is expected to retreat from Delhi in three to four days
IMD says conditions favourable for withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from northwest India on Wednesday
•This is the second-most delayed withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon since 1960.
India received normal rainfall during Southwest Monsoon between June and September, says IMD
•The IMD said the Northeast Monsoon, which brings rainfall to southern states from October to December, is likely to be normal.