Photos: Monsoon arrives in Kerala
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on June 3 said that the monsoon arrived in Kerala two days behind schedule. It arrives in Kerala first before covering the rest of India by July. The arrival of the monsoon is crucial to India’s farm-dependent economy. On June 1, IMD said monsoon rainfall was likely to be normal at 101% of the long-period average (LPA) after two years of above-average rainfall. LPA is the average rainfall (88cm) recorded in India every year between June and September from 1961 to 2010.
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Dark clouds hover in the sky after the South-West monsoon made its footfall in Kerala, in Thiruvananthapuram, on June 3. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the monsoon arrived in Kerala on June 3 two days behind schedule and advanced into parts of the south Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, southwest Bay of Bengal, and remaining areas of the Comorin-Maldives.(PTI)
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Dark clouds hover over skyscrapers in Kochi, on June 3. The arrival of monsoon, crucial to the country’s farm-dependent economy, is announced based on factors such as wind speed, consistency of rainfall, intensity, and cloud cover, HT reported.(PTI)
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A fisherman casts his net as dark clouds hover in the sky in Kochi, on June 3. The monsoon arrives in Kerala first before covering the rest of India by July.(PTI)
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People take shelter during rainfall in Thiruvananthapuram, on June 3. IMD said over 60% of Kerala’s 14 key rainfall monitoring stations reported 2.5 mm or more rainfall over the last two days. It said the spatial rain distribution in Kerala remained fairly widespread during the same time, HT reported.(PTI)
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