Hyderabad: The monsoon is expected to enter southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh after June 16 as a result of the very severe cyclonic storm Vayu that skirted Gujarat coast on Thursday, the Meteorological Department has predicted.
On Wednesday, the weather department had issued a heatwave warning for several districts in the state till June 16.
"We expect monsoon to enter Telangana after 16 June, the same for Andhra. It will enter this region after 2-3 days. In south coastal Andhra, we have given heatwave warning for 3 days and in Telangana for 2 days. Monsoon is expected to be normal," said Mukund Rao, Meteorologist, IMD Hyderabad on Friday.
Mukund Rao, IMD Hyderabad: We expect monsoon to enter Telangana after 16 June, the same for Andhra. It'll enter this region after 2-3 days. In south coastal Andhra we have given heatwave warning for 3 days and in Telanagna for 2 days. Monsoon is expected to be normal. (14.06.19) pic.twitter.com/86tYBcWLlf
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The IMD had earlier predicted that the monsoon would arrive by June 12 but with Cyclone Vayu draining away all the moisture, the monsoon got further delayed resulting in a rise in temperature across the state (Hyderabad).
"On Friday, the temperature in most of the places was recorded between 37 to 42 degrees Celsius," he added.
The IMD had on Sunday said that thunderstorm accompanied with hail and lightning (30-40 kmph) at isolated places are very likely over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh today.
