Overview
- The India Meteorological Department declared the southwest monsoon over Kerala on Thursday, June 4, noting the arrival was about three days later than the climatological date of June 1.
- The IMD has issued district-level orange and yellow alerts for Kerala with forecasts of heavy to very heavy rainfall in isolated places and has signalled rapid advance into Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, parts of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and the northeast over the next few days.
- A fresh Western Disturbance — a westerly low that originates near the Mediterranean — has driven thunderstorms and heavy showers across northwest India, producing waterlogging, uprooted trees and upgraded alerts for Delhi-NCR.
- Pakistan’s Meteorological Department issued forecasts for rain, strong winds and isolated hail over Islamabad and Rawalpindi through June 5 as the same westerly systems and moist currents affect the region.
- Authorities warn of secondary impacts including local flooding, damaged crops, hazardous seas and risks to small boats as the monsoon progresses toward key agricultural regions with seasonal rainfall currently projected near 90 percent of the long‑period average.