Many parts of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh will get heavy rain with storms on June 15-16 due to the arrival of the monsoon 14 days ahead of the schedule.
According to the India Meteorological Department centre in Chandigarh, light to moderate rain will lash many parts of Punjab, Harynana, and Chandigarh with isolated heavy rain in some areas in the next 48 hours.
The monsoon entered Haryana on Sunday, 14 days ahead of its scheduled arrival in the state. Many districts of North Haryana including Yamunanagar, Ambala, Panchkula received rainfall on Sunday.
The monsoon will cover the entire state in the next 48 hours, IMD has predicted. This is the second time in the last 20 years that the monsoon has knocked on the doors of the state on June 13. Earlier in 2008, the monsoon entered the state on the same date when the state received 14 percent more rainfall compared to the normal rainfall.
