Rain lashed parts of the national capital in the early hours of Saturday, affirming further that the southwest monsoon was active in the national capital.
In southwest London, a car collided with an elementary school, killing one child while injuring two adults and six other children, CNN reported citing the statement of London's Metropolitan Police on Thursday.
The forecast of a normal monsoon despite the prevalence of El Nino, adequate availability of seeds and fertilisers and sufficient water in key reservoirs augur well for healthy kharif sowing in India, said the Department of Economic Affairs under Ministry of Finance in its monthly review rep
The latest round of torrential rains since Monday had killed 15 people and left four others missing in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality as of 7 am on Wednesday.
The cyclonic circulation over the southwest Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood now lies over the West-central Bay of Bengal adjoining the North Andhra Pradesh coast and extends between 1.5 to 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height.
At least four Afghan people were killed and another was injured as a result of gunfire by Iranian border security troops, Khaama Press reported, citing officials in southwestern Nimroz province.
Speaking to ANI, Naresh Kumar, Senior Scientist, IMD said, "So as of today, the monsoon has covered the entire country against its normal date of July 8. Monsoon has been particularly active over the northeastern states".
Record-breaking rainfall pelted sections of western Japan and the southwestern Kyushu region, leaving one person dead and two others missing, according to local officials and the weather agency, Kyodo News reported.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner I S Chahal yesterday inspected various flood-prone locations, including Mithi river and Gandhi Market in King's Circle and instructed ward-level officers to closely monitor the situation in subways.
"Active monsoon conditions are likely to continue over East-central, Northwest & West India over the next 4-5 days and the Southwest monsoon is likely to advance further into some more parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and the remaining parts of the Western Himalayan Region