The untimely rain will also not adversely affect crops as these regions have already experienced some pre-monsoon showers due to westerly disturbances and the farmers have already assessed the situation needed for sowing. Damage to crops has, however, been reported from Assam where about 0.45 lakh hectares of cropped area was affected due to floods and heavy rains.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that heavy showers are, however, expected along the westcoast up to south of Mumbai and in the northeastern regions of the country. The early arrival of monsoon in many parts of the country was due to the depression in west central Bay of Bengal on June 13 which moved in a westerly direction and crossed Andhra Pradesh coast near Visakhapatnamon late June 14 and moved in a northwesterly direction. This weakened into a low pressure area over west Uttar Pradesh on June 17 and became normal on June 18.

The southwest monsoon advanced into remaining parts of Karnataka, south Konkan, Goa, southern parts of central Maharashtra, AP, Orissa and southeast Madhya Pradesh by June 14. Advancing northwards, it covered some parts of Gujarat, whole of Maharashtra, remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, UP, some parts of eastern Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and most parts of Himachal Pradesh by June 17. The northern limit of the monsoon on June 17 passed through Veraval, Surat, Kota, Delhi, Patiala and Manali.

In the last week, monsoon was vigorous in Marthawada, Vidharbha, Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh and west UP. It was active in Gujarat, central Maharashtra, Delhi, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Rainfall also occurred at most places in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Konkan, Goa, westMP, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh, coastal Karnataka and at many places in east Rajasthan, Assam, Meghalaya and at few places in west Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, east UP, east MP, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Lakshadweep. Isolated rain occurred in the rest of the country.

During the period June 1-17, 20 out of 35 meteorological sub-divisions and 48 per cent of the districts in the country received normal to excess rainfall.

According to reports from the natural disaster management division of the union agriculture ministry the cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea on June 9 caused an estimated loss of Rs 1,200 crore alone in Gujarat and affecting a population of 46.06 lakh. About 1096 people died and 1147 people are reported to be missing. About 5853 animals died and 893 people were injured. About 1.58 lakh houses were destroyed.

The same cyclonic storm took 11 lives in Rajasthan and killed 6295 animals and damaged 14,603 houses.