SW monsoon advances, covers most parts of southern states

Southwest Monsoon has advanced and covered the entire Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Puducherry, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, northeastern states, most parts of Odisha, West Bengal, Sikkim and some parts of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

Ministry of Earth Sciences said, It has been nearly normal advance over most part of the region except northeastern states where it has been delayed by six days. Scattered heavy to very heavy with isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely over Konkan and Goa.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, North Interior Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Vidarbha, Assam and Meghalaya during next 24 hours.