Southwest monsoon further advances into northern and central India

The southwest monsoon has further advanced into the northern and the central parts of the country as light to moderate showers occurred in several states and the national capital yesterday.

The MeT department said a bout of light rain broke a 16-day dry spell in Delhi. Officials said, neighbouring areas of Gurgaon, Faridabad and Noida received good rainfall and conditions are favourable for the monsoon to make an onset in the national capital in the next 48 hours.

Pre-monsoon showers lashed some parts of Punjab and Haryana, bringing respite from the scorching heat. Uttarakhand also received heavy showers. The weather department predicts heavy rains in the state till



Saturday.

In Himachal Pradesh, the maximum temperature across all the districts dropped by 5-6 notches as several parts were lashed by rain in the last 24 hours.

Parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh also received showers. The MeT office warned of heavy rainfall at a few places with very heavy rainfall at isolated places over west Madhya Pradesh.

It also warned of heavy rainfall in parts of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and west Uttar Pradesh.

Parts of Rajasthan also received light to moderate rainfall.