After a season of intense heatwaves, India will not have a lot of respite this monsoon, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a ‘below normal’ monsoon season. On Friday, IMD further downgraded its monsoon forecast to 90 percent of the long-period average as against the earlier 92 percent, and forecast a warmer June.
One reason will be an ‘El Niño’ brewing in the Pacific Ocean that can lead to a weak monsoon. There are concerns about this year experiencing a ‘super El Niño’ event beginning in the second half and stretching on to early next year.
