<p>New Delhi: After weeks of heavy rain that triggered floods in Jammu and Punjab, the southwest monsoon is set to withdraw from northwest India by Sept 15.</p> <p>“Conditions are becoming favourable for withdrawal of south west monsoon from some parts of west Rajasthan,” India Meteorological Department said here on Friday.</p> <p>The monsoon was bountiful for northwest India this time with states like Punjab getting showered with 53% more than its average rainfall since the beginning of the season on June 1. Delhi, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh too received way more than their average rainfall.</p> <p>The union territory of Ladakh experienced 424% more than its cumulative average rainfall for the season whereas it was 71% more in Rajasthan triggering floods in the desert state.</p> .Land sinking in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch, dozens of structures damaged.<p>Typically the southwest monsoon begins to retreat by around Sept 17 and is withdrawn fully by mid-October.</p> <p>This year, the rain-bearing system covered the entire country nine days before the usual date of July 8 after arriving at the Kerala coast by May 24 and galloped to cover half of India before the beginning of the season on June 1.</p> <p>The country has received 836.2 mm of rainfall so far against a normal of 778.6 mm, a surplus of 7%. Northwest India has received 720.4 mm, 33% more than the normal of 538.1 mm.</p> <p>June rainfall was 180 mm, around 9% above normal, with large surpluses in northwest and central India. July brought 294 mm of rainfall, 5% above normal, led by a 22% surplus in central India whereas August added 268 mm, 5.2% above normal.</p> <p>This year saw 133 extremely heavy rainfall events and 621 very heavy rainfall events – the highest in the last five years.</p> <p>While rainfall was largely normal or excess in most parts of the country, deficiency was seen in the east and northeast with Bihar receiving 31% deficient rainfall necessitating more use of irrigation water for paddy cultivation. The deficiency was large in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya.</p> .Punjab rain tragedy: 2 siblings washed away after falling off cycle on way to hospital.<p>The monthly average rainfall in September, according to the IMD, is expected to be more than 109% of its average rainfall (167.9 mm)</p> <p>Because of the excess rain, Punjab suffered its worst flooding in decades with swollen rivers and breached canals inundating thousands of hectares of farmland and displacing lakhs of people.</p> <p>In the Himalayan states, cloudbursts and flash floods triggered landslides and caused widespread damage with Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu region reporting washed-out bridges and roads.</p> <p>The weather bureau attributed the surplus rain to active monsoon conditions supported by frequent western disturbances that enhanced rainfall over the region.</p>
<p>New Delhi: After weeks of heavy rain that triggered floods in Jammu and Punjab, the southwest monsoon is set to withdraw from northwest India by Sept 15.</p> <p>“Conditions are becoming favourable for withdrawal of south west monsoon from some parts of west Rajasthan,” India Meteorological Department said here on Friday.</p> <p>The monsoon was bountiful for northwest India this time with states like Punjab getting showered with 53% more than its average rainfall since the beginning of the season on June 1. Delhi, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh too received way more than their average rainfall.</p> <p>The union territory of Ladakh experienced 424% more than its cumulative average rainfall for the season whereas it was 71% more in Rajasthan triggering floods in the desert state.</p> .Land sinking in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch, dozens of structures damaged.<p>Typically the southwest monsoon begins to retreat by around Sept 17 and is withdrawn fully by mid-October.</p> <p>This year, the rain-bearing system covered the entire country nine days before the usual date of July 8 after arriving at the Kerala coast by May 24 and galloped to cover half of India before the beginning of the season on June 1.</p> <p>The country has received 836.2 mm of rainfall so far against a normal of 778.6 mm, a surplus of 7%. Northwest India has received 720.4 mm, 33% more than the normal of 538.1 mm.</p> <p>June rainfall was 180 mm, around 9% above normal, with large surpluses in northwest and central India. July brought 294 mm of rainfall, 5% above normal, led by a 22% surplus in central India whereas August added 268 mm, 5.2% above normal.</p> <p>This year saw 133 extremely heavy rainfall events and 621 very heavy rainfall events – the highest in the last five years.</p> <p>While rainfall was largely normal or excess in most parts of the country, deficiency was seen in the east and northeast with Bihar receiving 31% deficient rainfall necessitating more use of irrigation water for paddy cultivation. The deficiency was large in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya.</p> .Punjab rain tragedy: 2 siblings washed away after falling off cycle on way to hospital.<p>The monthly average rainfall in September, according to the IMD, is expected to be more than 109% of its average rainfall (167.9 mm)</p> <p>Because of the excess rain, Punjab suffered its worst flooding in decades with swollen rivers and breached canals inundating thousands of hectares of farmland and displacing lakhs of people.</p> <p>In the Himalayan states, cloudbursts and flash floods triggered landslides and caused widespread damage with Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu region reporting washed-out bridges and roads.</p> <p>The weather bureau attributed the surplus rain to active monsoon conditions supported by frequent western disturbances that enhanced rainfall over the region.</p>