Monsoon arrives in Mumbai and Delhi on the same day, a first in six decades

Heavy rains lashed Delhi and Mumbai on Sunday as monsoon arrived on the same day, caused by a weak onset over Kerala and the sluggish Arabian Sea arm of the monsoon. Racing across most of central and ...

Jun 26, 2023, 16:09 IST1 min

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Pedestrians enjoy the rain at Marine Drive on June 25, 2023, in Mumbai, India. According to IMD, the monsoon&rsquos entry over Mumbai was delayed by two weeks.

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The new vehicles acquired by Noida Police stand in the rain-logged ground in Noida, Delhi NCR, on June 25, 2023. The vehicles are among the development projects dedicated to the public in G...

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A damaged bridge over the Daranga River after flash floods washed away a section of the bridge following monsoon rains in Kumarikata village, Baska district, Assam, on June 23, 2023. At lea...

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Women ride on a bullock cart along a waterlogged road following rainfall on the outskirts of Ajmer, Rajasthan, on June 20, 2023.

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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel look for survivors at a partially collapsed building site at Ghatkopar, Mumbai, on June 25, 2023.

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A farmer harvests fresh cherries in a field on the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir, on June 26, 2023. The producers have suffered heavy losses due to above-normal rainfall and hail storms in...

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A farming family transplants rice seedlings during the paddy sowing season in a village in Gopalganj, Bihar, on June 24, 2023.

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