India, May 24 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday forecast an expected early entry of monsoon into Maharashtra, likely in the next two-three-days, nearly 10 days ahead of the usual June 7 onset. The department has declared the onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala on May 24 - eight days ahead of its normal date of June 1.

According to the weather department, a depression over the east-central Arabian Sea adjoining the south Konkan coast began crossing between Ratnagiri and Dapoli on Friday. The system, combined with moisture incursion from both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, is expected to bring widespread rain across Maharashtra over the next two days. The IMD has issued heavy to isolated intense rainfall a...