India's southwest monsoon is expected to gradually regain strength in the coming days, with weather conditions likely to improve across central and northern India. According to Skymet, after the country's overall rainfall deficit widened to 24%, monsoon could gather momentum in the last week of July, helping reduce the shortfall by the end of the month.
Meanwhile, a low-pressure area over West Bengal and neighbouring regions has weakened, but it continues to influence weather across eastern and central India. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Chhattisgarh and heavy to very heavy rain over Odisha on Friday and the following days.
