New Delhi, May 21: Monsoon watchers appear to have heaved a sigh of relief on the weakening of cyclone ‘Laila’ as they believe it would now have little impact on the annual rainfall season.
“We are still going ahead with the initial prediction on monsoon. This season, monsoon will be normal and is expected to reach Kerala by May 30,” Earth Sciences Minister Prithviraj Chavan told reporters here.
He said all the weather parameters have been factored in while arriving at the monsoon forecast.
A section of the meteorologists said that following the landfall, the cyclone will weaken further as supply of moisture to the weather system will be cut off after it hit the land.
-PTI