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New Delhi: The south-west monsoon, a lifeline for many regions in India, arrived in Kerala on Thursday, June 4.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rains in several states in south India for the next seven days.

Per the met department, heatwave conditions have decreased since May 31 thanks to a meteorological phenomenon called a western disturbance. 

Monsoonal rains over Kerala, Karnataka

The IMD announced in a press release on Thursday that over the next week, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall (ranging from 7-20cm) is very likely over Kerala and Karnataka, while Tamil Nadu will receive isolated heavy rainfall. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue over northeast India for the next 5-6 days. 

The monsoon usually hits the southern state of Kerala on June 1, but IMD officials had said in a press conference on May 29 that a range of seven days is still acceptable. So the monsoon has........

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