India, July 10 -- The southwest monsoon covered the entire country on Thursday, marking its most delayed full coverage since 2021 as torrential rains damaged critical infrastructure, flooded roads, and triggered fatal landslides across multiple states.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the monsoon reached the final remaining parts of the north Arabian Sea, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Punjab one day later than its normal structural date of July 8.

Despite arriving three days late over Kerala on June 4 and enduring a sluggish two-week break period, the monsoon accelerated significantly in late June, bringing excess rain into early July.

In Kerala, the death toll from the July 7 Wayanad landslide rose to six on Thursday ...