Monsoon Set For Delayed Retreat, Says Weather Office ndtv.com

Current weather conditions indicate that monsoon is unlikely to start receding before early October, more than a month later than usual, the head of the weather office said on Friday.
Annual monsoon rains are crucial for farm-dependent economy. The monsoon generally begins in June and starts to retreat by September 1, but rains have continued beyond that date this year and triggered fatal floods in Maharashtra, killing hundreds of people.

"The withdrawal of the monsoon, which is already delayed, is ruled out for at least the next 10 days as weather conditions have not become favourable for the season to end," Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD), told Reuters.