The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced the further advancement of the Southwest Monsoon into several regions of India. The Monsoon has reached parts of the central Arabian Sea, south Maharashtra, Telangana, south Chhattisgarh, south Odisha, and Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Favorable conditions are expected to allow for further progress into remaining areas of central Arabian Sea, Maharashtra, and Telangana over the next few days.
Regional Meteorological Department (RMC) has issued weather alerts for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Pune. North Interior Karnataka, Coastal Karnataka, Konkan, Goa, Kerala, and Mahe are also likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall in the coming days. This year’s Monsoon onset is two days earlier than usual.
Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are also predicted in isolated pockets of West Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha on June 9, 2024.
