After a delay of almost seven days, Southwest Monsoon on Wednesday finally hit Kerala, marking the official commencement of rainy season in the country, as heavy showers in the southern state left one
After a delay of almost seven days, Southwest Monsoon on Wednesday finally hit Kerala, marking the official commencement of rainy season in the country, as heavy showers in the southern state left one person dead.
“Southwest monsoon has set in over Kerala and Lakshadweep,” said K. Santosh, head of India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Thiruvananthapuram regional centre.
It has also advanced into most parts of Tamil Nadu, some parts of south interior Karnataka and remaining parts of south Bay of Bengal, according to IMD
Several parts of Kerala have been receiving heavy rains since Tuesday night which left a 36-year-old man dead due to landslip in Idukki district of Kerala.
Jobi John, former SFI Idukki district president, died and his mother was seriously injured when mounds of earth and rocks fell on their home following heavy rains at Vazhavara early today, police said.
To declare the onset of monsoon over Kerala, the IMD has three important parameters.
The 14 stations at which the rainfall is being monitored for declaring the Monsoon onset over Kerala have reported widespread rainfall for the last 48 hours with more than 60 per cent of stations recording rainfall on June 7 and 8
The Westerly/West-southwesterly winds of the order of 30-40 kmph were observed upto 600 hPa (approximately upto 4.5 km) over the south Arabian Sea.
The satellite (INSAT-3D) derived Outgoing Longwave Radiation value was less than 200 W/m2 on June 8.
“All these three conditions got fulfilled for the first time today,” said an IMD official.
