Overview

• Monsoon withdrawal has stalled due to active low‑pressure systems, the IMD said, with a Gulf of Kutch system and a Bay of Bengal disturbance sustaining rain.
• IMD expects the Bay system to intensify into a depression and cross the south Odisha–north Andhra coast early on October 3, prompting coastal rain, wind and sea‑condition alerts.
• Odisha authorities have told district collectors to mobilise men and machinery, and Kolkata’s civic body has deployed pumps and task forces to manage potential waterlogging.
• Seasonal totals show sharp contrasts: northwest India was at 127% of its long‑period average, the highest since 2001, while east and northeast India logged the second‑lowest since 1901 at 80% of normal.
• IMD reported at least 1,528 deaths during the season and projects above‑normal October rainfall nationally and an above‑normal October–December for the south peninsula, with La Niña probabilities increasing.