But Delhi, Mumbai and other metros continue to wait
New Delhi : South-west monsoon on Friday made its way to Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal with rains drenching parts of the three states but Delhi still reeled under sultry conditions. The weatherman has predicted heavy to very heavy rains in Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, coastal Karnataka and Kerala today.
Heavy rains lashed Kerala and Lakshadweep with several houses suffering damage and trees getting uprooted at many places. Alathur and Mankara in Palakkad district received 9 cm of rains while Ottapalam and Enmayur, also in Palakkad, and Perinthalmana in Malappuram received 7 cm of rainfall each, IMD bulletin said. Bihar’s northeast part received monsoon rains.
