The monsoon will advance to the remaining parts of Kerala, some parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and the Northeast in the subsequent 24 hours. India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday introduced. The Southwest Monsoon hit India on Thursday with its onset over Kerala, per week after the conventional date of June 1, mentioned IMD.
While speaking to ANI, talking on the forecast for monsoon development in the nation, IMD Director General, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra mentioned, the southwest monsoon has reached Kerala immediately. Monsoon reaches Kerala often by June 1 however this time it arrived on June 8. There has been a seven-day delay. Kerala obtained good rainfall in two days and southern Tamil Nadu additionally has comparable situations.”
“In the next 48 hours, the monsoon will advance to some areas of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Apart from this, it will also reach the remaining parts of Kerala, some parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The monsoon is also likely to advance to the northeastern states as well in the next 48 hours,” he added.
Elaborating on the cyclonic storm Biparjoy, he mentioned, “A very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea is gradually moving north. It is expected that it will move further north for some time after which it will change its direction to northwest.”
In its earlier bulletin, IMD mentioned the cyclone would intensify additional regularly in the course of the subsequent 48 hours and transfer almost north-northwestwards in the course of the subsequent 3 days.
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“VSCS BIPARJOY over the east-central Arabian Sea, lay centred at 2330hrs IST of 07 Jun 2023 near lat 13.6N & long 66.0E, about 870km west-southwest of Goa, 930km sw of Mumbai. It would intensify further gradually during next 48hrs & move nearly north-northwestwards during next 3days,” tweeted IMD.
Fishermen are suggested not to enterprise into such cyclone-hit areas in the Arabian Sea and people who are out at sea are suggested to return to the coast, the IMD mentioned earlier.
(With inputs from ANI)
