Monsoon hits North Bengal; Sikkim, overall rainfall deficiency reaches 43%

Monsoon arrived at some parts of North Bengal and Sikkim on Sunday. The Northern limit of monsoon is curently passing through North East Bay of Bengal then Goalpara (Assam), Alipurduar (North Bengal) and Gangtok (Sikkim).

The Indian Meterolgical Department (IMD) said on Sunday that monsoon is expected to advance further up north as Cyclone Vayu loses intensity. It is to be noted that by now, monsoon should have reached some parts of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, but the onset of monsoon has got delayed and it is yet to hit Maharashtra.

According to IMD, the western coast of the country has been receiving rainfall for the last few days due to Cyclone Vayu and rainfall in coastal Karnataka and Kerala has been due to monsoon. It is expected that Cyclone Vayu would cross the Gujarat coast on Monday evening and after its movement as depression, the monsoon winds would start moving move up towards the Arabian Sea.