Monsoon likely to hit Kerala by June 7: India Meteorological Department

New Delhi: Ruling out the possibility of a deficient monsoon, India Meteorological Department said 96 per cent chances are that the rainfall this year would be normal to excess.

Releasing the second long-range forecast, IMD Director General Laxman Singh Rathore said North-West India will receive 108 per cent rainfall of the Long Period Average while central India and southern peninsula will receive 113 per cent of LPA. Also, four to five days from now, the monsoon will break over Kerala, which is currently experiencing pre-monsoon showers.