Crop-nourishing monsoon rains reached Kerala state on India's southern tip on June 8, the country's weather office said on Thursday.

"Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala today, the 8th June, 2023, against the normal date of 1st June," the state-run India Meteorological Department said in a statement. (Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav; Editing by Tom Hogue)