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Monsoon Progress and Market Implications: IMD Alerts Signal Continued Rain Disruption
IMD orange alerts for Mumbai and Nainital, yellow for Delhi and Kolkata. Monsoon covers most of India. Impact on agriculture and infrastructure sectors.
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The India Meteorological Department said the Southwest Monsoon has enveloped almost the entire country after arriving in Delhi and Rajasthan on Thursday, later than the usual onset date. Cloud cover advanced into parts of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan on July 2, the agency said.
Conditions are favorable for further advance into more parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan over the next two to three days, according to the IMD.
Mumbai's Regional Meteorological Centre issued an orange nowcast alert for moderate to intense rain at isolated places over the next three hours. The warning covers Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, and Raigad. Intense rainfall over the past few days disrupted life in India's financial capital, with waterlogging and blocked roads causing traffic snarls.
Uttarakhand's Nainital and Bageshwar districts are also on orange alert, with heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast in some areas. The IMD issued a yellow alert for Delhi and Kolkata, predicting thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty wind. In Uttarakhand, monsoon arrived on June 30 and became active across the state by Wednesday.