Monsoon advances to more states in India, covers Delhi, Mumbai at same time
FirstpostThe southwest monsoon is active now and has covered the whole of Maharashtra, it will move forward in the next two days covering other parts as well, said India Meteorological Department on Sunday. According to IMD DG, Dr Mrityunjay Mohapatra’s monsoon arrived in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and parts of Haryana. Earlier the weather forecasting department also said that the Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of the Central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maharashtra, remaining parts of Karnataka, Telangana and Chhattisgarh, parts of East Madhya Pradesh, some more parts of Uttar Pradesh, most parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, some parts of Haryana and Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department issued a ‘yellow alert’ for Mumbai and predicted heavy rainfall in the next 4-5 days.