IN PICS: Kerala Drenched Thoroughly As Monsoon Rain Lashes Southern State

Monsoon arrived in Kerala on June 3 two days behind schedule and advanced into parts of the south Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, southwest Bay of Bengal, and remaining areas of the Comorin-Maldives. (Image: ANI)

The Indian Meteorological Department on Friday afternoon reported that widespread rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds very likely over Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka later today. (Image: ANI)

The weather forecasting and seismology agency of India further noted that isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls very likely over Coastal Karnataka and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall also very likely over Kerala, Tamil Nadu and South Interior Karnataka during next 24 hours. (Image: ANI)

Thiruvananthapuram: Dark clouds hover in the sky after the South West monsoon made its footfall in Kerala, in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday, June 3. According to IMD, over 60% of Kerala’s 14 key rainfall monitoring stations reported 2.5 mm or more rainfall over the last two days. (Image: PTI)

Kochi: A fisherman casts his net as dark clouds hover in the sky. (Image: PTI)

Thiruvananthapuram: Vehicles ply after the South West monsoon made its footfall in Kerala. (Image: PTI)

IMD has said that Southwest Monsoon is very likely to advance further into some more parts of Central Arabian Sea, some parts of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Bay of Bengal and Northeast India during next 2-3 days. (Image: ANI)