Monsoon makes marginal progress; relief from heatwave likely over next 4-5 days: IMD

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After a break of nearly nine days since June 11, monsoon has progressed marginally into some more parts of Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Northwest Bay of Bengal, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and some parts of Bihar on Thursday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.o)..

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Northwest and eastern India, which has been reeling under severe heat stress, may also experience some relief as heatwave conditions are likely to reduce over most parts of the country over the next 4-5 days, the IMD said..

Conditions are favourable for further advancement of the annual Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of northern Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, northwest Bay of Bengal, some parts of the Gangetic West Bengal, remaining parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal, some parts of Jharkhand, some more parts of Bihar and some parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh in the next 3-4 days. . ..

Heatwave conditions enveloped most parts of Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh, some parts of Punjab and in isolated pockets of Jammu, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar..