Kathmandu. The monsoon is expected to arrive early this year. The Meteorological Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has made this forecast.
Meteorologist at the Division, David Dhakal, told RSS that although the arrival of monsoon from the eastern part of the country used to take place around June 15 in the past, this year it is expected to be early.
According to him, the monsoon has already arrived in some parts of Assam in India and eastern parts of Bhutan and Bangladesh on May 12 and it will enter Nepal by May 17 based on satellite imagery, atmospheric and weather analysis. This year, rainfall is expected to be more than the average annually.
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