New Delhi, June 25 -- The Southwest Monsoon (SWM) season is well on its way for an early onset throughout India, with the second half of June experiencing more intense rainfall than the first half leading to floods and flood-like situations in some western and eastern states.

During the first week of monsoon rainfall at the end of May and early June, many states in Northeast India had also suffered from floods or flood-like situations.

On June 22, monsoon winds covered many regions in northwest India such as Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Kashmir, most parts of Jammu and some parts of Punjab, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The normal dates of monsoon onset for these regions are between June 25 and June 30.

IMD stat...