Photo: Thulasi Kakkat

End of season: An overcast day in the fishing village of Kumbalangi in Kerala’s Ernakulam district

Photo: K_R_DEEPAK

Sign from above: A gathering storm lends a dramatic backdrop to a statue of the late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NT Rama Rao in Visakhapatnam kr deepak

Photo: K_MURALI_KUMAR

Race against time: The word ‘monsoon’ is derived from the Arabic mausam

Photo: K_R_DEEPAK

Guessing game: El Nino, a climatic phenomenon in the equatorial Pacific region that is usually a precursor to a weak Indian monsoon, has been observed this year

Photo: BiswaranjanRout

Early arrival: Last year, the monsoon reached Kerala on May 29

Photo: PAUL NORONHA

In a flap: India hasn’t had a good monsoon since 2014

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In wait: The high tides and rough seas at Fort Kochi beach are the first signs of the monsoons in Kerala
Photo: Thulasi Kakkat