India, June 30 -- Rain lashed in many parts of the country on Sunday as India's annual monsoon rains reached nine days earlier than is typical, the weather department said. In a typical year, rains lash the southwestern coastal state of Kerala around June 1 and move northwards to cover the entire country by July 8, according to the Met Department.

For Monday, IMD predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over Bihar, Chhattisgarh, East Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Vidarbha.

The IMD has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms on June 30 across several Uttarakhand districts,...