The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that Punjab and Haryana are likely to receive rainfall and thunderstorm in the early morning hours of June 15 to June 16. IMD in its daily bulletin said that rainfall and thunderstorm activity over Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh is likely to further increase from the early morning hours of June 15 to June 16. "Heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, and Chhattisgarh," it added. IMD has also issued a heavy rainfall alert in many parts of Kerala. Earlier on June 3, IMD declared that southwest monsoon has made onset over Kerala after a delay of two days.

Source: Hindustan Times June 15, 2021 00:45 UTC