Monsoon withdrawal likely to begin next week, Odisha braces for heavy rains

The Southwest Monsoon is likely to start withdrawing by the end of next week, the IMD said on Friday, while Odisha is bracing for heavy rainfall due to a fresh low pressure area which is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around September 20.

Rains eluded Delhi for the eleventh consecutive day on Friday, despite a Met department forecast of light showers.

Though monsoon is not over yet, the last time the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded any rainfall (1.3 mm) was on September 8.