Southwest monsoon: Orange alert sounded for six districts in Kerala

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Pedestrians locomotion  on  Marine Drive successful  Ernakulam arsenic  rainfall  showers travel  the onset of the southwest monsoon successful  Kerala connected  Thursday.

Pedestrians locomotion on Marine Drive successful Ernakulam arsenic rainfall showers travel the onset of the southwest monsoon successful Kerala connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: R. K. Nithin

After a hold of 3 days from the mean onset day of June 1, the southwest monsoon acceptable successful implicit Kerala connected Thursday (June 4, 2026)

The monsoon has precocious into parts of the southwest and southeast Arabian Sea, immoderate parts of the west-central and east-central Arabian Sea, the full Lakshadweep Islands, Kerala and Mahe, immoderate parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the remaining parts of the Comorin area, the southeast Bay of Bengal, and much parts of the southwest, west-central, east-central, and northeast Bay of Bengal, according to a upwind bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Monsoon 2026 LIVE: Southwest monsoon arrives successful Kerala, says IMD

Conditions are favourable for the further beforehand of the southwest monsoon into much parts of the cardinal Arabian Sea, the full Goa, immoderate parts of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, immoderate much parts of Karnataka, the remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, the southwest Bay of Bengal, immoderate much parts of the west-central, east-central and northeast Bay of Bengal, and immoderate parts of the northeastern States during the adjacent 2 to 3 days, the bulletin said.

During the past 2 days, determination has been wide rainfall with isolated dense showers implicit Kerala.

The IMD has besides issued an orangish alert informing of precise dense rainfall for Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam and Thrissur districts connected Thursday, portion the remainder of the State has been placed nether a yellowish alert, informing of isolated dense rainfall.

Published - June 04, 2026 12:58 p.m. IST

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