NEW DELHI (Commodity Online): Heavy rains at the end of monsoon, followed by flooding in Southern regions of India, will unlikely to recur, said Meteorological Department of India.

According to an official, these rains were because of the formation of lower pressure over Southern India. It is unlikely to occur again as the rains were over there, he added.

Meanwhile, showers may continue in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh for a couple of days and some isolated rain may occur over some parts of southern India over the next two days, IMD said on its website.

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The late burst of rainfall has not only damaged some of the rice, corn and sugar cane crop but is also likely to reduce recovery of sugar from the standing cane crop. Plantings of summer-sown crops such as rice and sugar cane were hit earlier in the season as monsoon rains were 23% below normal between June 1 to Sept. 30, the worst since 1972.

Rains revived from mid-August, but intense rain in the past few days has compounded crop woes in parts of the country.

Recent flooding in southern and western states of the country is expected to hit the summer- sown standing crops of oilseeds, corn, rice, cotton and pulses, said India’s agriculture Commissioner N B Singh.