Monsoon fully withdraws from the country, 12 days later than usual

This year's monsoon has withdrawn from the entire territory of the country as of today. The Meteorological Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology shared this information on Wednesday.

According to the division, the monsoon began withdrawing from Asoj 17. Over a period of about 11 days, it gradually withdrew from different regions and has now fully withdrawn from all parts of the country today.

The division said this year's monsoon has fully withdrawn 12 days later than in previous years.

With the announcement of the monsoon's complete withdrawal, this year's monsoon rainfall period has officially ended. Earlier, continuous rain and floods and landslides just before Dashain had caused damage in several districts.