Monsoon updates: Delayed onset, rising temperatures and water scarcity
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The delay in the onset of southwest monsoon in most parts of the country has led to concerns about shortage of rainfall, water scarcity and continued high temperatures.
The concerns have also been driven by the strengthening El Niño weather phenomenon, which involves the warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific. It typically occurs every few years and has been linked to reduced monsoon rainfall in India.
Data from the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday showed that the monsoon had reached southern Maharashtra in the west, parts of Odisha in the south-east and regions of West Bengal and Bihar in the east.
The advance line of the monsoon was at least four days behind the usual date of onset in Mumbai, southern Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, according to the data.
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Delayed monsoon
The country had received only 19.2 mm of rainfall between June 4 and June 15, against a normal of 53.7 mm, India Today reported. This is a rainfall deficit of 64.2%.
The conditions were favourable for further advance of the monsoon into more regions of Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar, and some parts of Chhattisgarh in the next four to five days, the weather department said on Tuesday.
While the monsoon is forecast to advance...