Guwahati, May 26 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed on Sunday that the southwest monsoon has advanced further across multiple regions of the country.

The monsoon system has now spread into more parts of the west-central and east-central Arabian Sea, covered areas of Karnataka, enveloped the entire state of Goa, reached sections of Maharashtra, and extended into parts of the west-central and northern Bay of Bengal.

Rainfall has begun soaking parts of the Northeast as well, including Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland, indicating an early onset of the monsoon in the eastern region.

As per the IMD's latest update, the Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM), which tracks the monsoon's forward edge, currently stretches through seve...