Monsoon arrives in Kerala
Written by : IANS | Tue, May 30, 2017, 07:13 PM
Thiruvananthapuram, May 30: The southwest monsoon has arrived over Kerala and parts of northeastern states, the IMD announced on Tuesday, as the southern state received widespread rainfall since Monday.
The monsoon has advanced into some parts of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, the IMD said.
"Widespread rainfall occurred over Kerala during the past two days. A total of 78 percent monitoring stations for monsoon onset over Kerala have reported rainfall for the last 48 hours," the IMD statement said.
The IMD statement said that conditions are favourable for further advance of the Southwest Monsoon into remaining parts of south Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep area and Kerala, some parts of central Arabian Sea, coastal and south interior Karnataka, some more parts of Tamil Nadu, southwest, west central and east central Bay of Bengal, most parts of northeast Bay of Bengal and some more parts of north-eastern states during next 3-4 days.
The onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala signals the arrival of monsoon over the Indian subcontinent and represents the beginning of rainy season in the region.