The IMD on Sunday forecast heavy rain in West Bengal next week, owing to the likely advancement of southwest monsoon over some parts of the state and strong moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal. In a bulletin, it forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in the coastal districts of South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur on June 17, and moderate to heavy rain in the other districts of the region till the morning of June 19.
