Pune Even as cyclonic storm Laila has brought a lull in the movement of the south-west monsoon, Met officers are hopeful that it will not delay the onset date of the monsoons touching the Kerala coast on May 30.

MUMBAI: The depression that formed over the Bay of Bengal on Monday turned into a full-blown cyclonic storm by Tuesday. Cyclone 'Laila' has got the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) worried as though it is expected to affect only the eastern coast of India, it is likely to have an impact on the entire country's monsoon pattern, including that of Mumbai.

A depression over southwest Bay of Bengal, which had intensified into the cyclonic storm

While the south-west monsoon has arrived in India, with Andaman & Nicobar Islands and the southern Bay of Bengal experiencing the first monsoon rains, the depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, raising questions about the progress of the monsoon.

NEW DELHI: The depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, and lies centred 400 km east of Chennai on Tuesday evening.

According to a bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department, the system is likely to intensify further and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast, between Ongole and Visakhapatnam, by the early hours of Thursday.

Ahmedabad: If you expected some respite from the scorching heat, this may not be music to your ears.
All hopes of mercury level in Ahmedabad coming down from Sunday onwards were dashed after development of cyclonic storm Laila over south-west and adjoining south-east and west-central Bay of Bengal.

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NEW DELHI: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday announced that the Southwest Monsoon was likely to set in over Kerala on May 30. The forecast was subject to a model error of plus or minus four days.