Monsoon arrives in Telangana, touchdown confirmed in South districts

The India Meteorological Department has confirmed the arrival of the southwest monsoon in Telangana, with currents entering southern districts. Hyderabad is expected to receive monsoon rains by June 11 or 12, while heavy rain and thunderstorm alerts remain in place.

Hyderabad: The monsoon has officially entered Telangana on Monday afternoon, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD), New Delhi, confirming that the monsoon currents have entered the southern border districts of Narayanpet, Jogulamba Gadwal and Nagarkurnool.

According to IMD, New Delhi, the Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) made a significant push northward over the last 24 hours, anchoring itself along a new boundary line running through Harnai and Solapur in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi in Karnataka and Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh.

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“The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of the west-central and east-central Arabian Sea, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, and some parts of Telangana, on June 8,” the official IMD release said.

With the southern districts securing formal monsoon entry on Monday, weather scientists indicate that atmospheric conditions remain highly favourable for a steady advance across the State.

IMD-Hyderabad officials have maintained that if the current wind momentum holds, the system is on track to arrive over the Greater Hyderabad region between June 11 and June 12. Subsequently, the southwest monsoon is projected to traverse the remaining central and northern belts and cover the entire State between June 15 and June 18.

Meanwhile, IMD Hyderabad issued a heavy rainfall alert for Monday and Tuesday at isolated places in Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Mahabubnagar and Nagarkurnool districts.

The IMD Hyderabad has also issued a thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty winds (40-50 kmph) warning for isolated places in Adilabad, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Mahabubabad, Warangal, Hanumakonda, Jangaon, Siddipet, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy, Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet and Jogulamba Gadwal.