Monsoon disaster Agriculture in South Asia has depended on the annual monsoon for centuries.
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Outbreaks of AES tend to coincide with the monsoon and post-monsoon period when there's more water around for mosquitoes to breed.
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This year, monsoon rains have surpassed average rainfall, making it the most torrential rainfall seen from a monsoon in around 25 years.
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"Pre-monsoon showers will set the stage for sowing and rains are expected to gather momentum once monsoon arrives by June 7," Rathore said.
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Philippines monsoon Further south, the Philippines' monsoon season has been exacerbated by Son Tinh, Ampil, and now Tropical Depression 13W (known locally as "Josie").
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However, IMD Monsoon Director General K.J. Ramesh last month forecast that monsoon rains were expected to be 97-percent of a long-term average.
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READ: 21 dead after Mumbai building collapses during brutal monsoon Every year, monsoon rains and subsequent flooding and landslides bring death and devastation to the region.
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Tropical cyclone activity during the monsoon season is extremely rare because the monsoon is characterized by high wind shear which makes it difficult for tropical storms to form.
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Tropical cyclone activity during the monsoon season is extremely rare because the monsoon is characterized by high wind shear, which makes it difficult for tropical storms to form.
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The IMD releases its second monsoon forecast in the last week of May or first week of June with an update in the middle of the monsoon season.
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This is true both for the South Asian monsoon and the East Asian monsoon, which affects Indo-China, the Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, Korea and part of Japan.
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Flooding and drought are cyclical in Sri Lanka, which is battered by a southern monsoon between May and September, while a northeastern monsoon runs from December to February.
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India's monsoon in the past two years has been poor, resulting in some drought, but the La Nina weather phenomenon this year is expected to produce a better monsoon.
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When the monsoon started late this year he could give a convincing non-goat-related reason; Cyclone Vayu, in the Arabian Sea, upset the flows on which the monsoon depends.
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La Niña is also expected to give a boost to the Southwest Monsoon over India, which after two disastrous, drought-inducing monsoon seasons, is expected to be above average this year.
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As farmers await the rains of this season's monsoon, they continue to struggle with the effects of inadequate rainfall from the last monsoon: negligible crop yields, scarce drinking water and emaciated cattle.
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A normal, or average, monsoon means rainfall between 96% and 104% of a 50-year average of 89 cm (35 inches) during the four-month monsoon season, according to the IMD's classification.
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If indeed we end up having a better-than-normal monsoon, and spatial distribution of monsoon and production indicators point to a normal year, then RBI's comfort for another rate cut will increase.
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Every monsoon, beachfront restaurants around here are damaged every year.
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HOW DOES THE MONSOON AFFECT PRICES AND CENTRAL BANK POLICY?
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A good monsoon will limit that kind of government spending.
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An average monsoon would keep food inflation lower, Nitsure said.
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The monsoon is thus a mixture of necessity and chance.
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When the monsoon is over, they come out to play.
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The chances of that happening during the monsoon increase sharply.
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Planting starts in June with the arrival of monsoon rains.
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Indian cities also face deadly monsoon floods almost every year.
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Hundreds of thousands have been displaced by heavy monsoon rains.
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Farmers depend heavily on monsoon rains to irrigate their land.
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METEOROLOGISTS are forecasting a bumper monsoon for India this year.
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Monsoon climates typically have two distinct seasons: wet and dry.
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The complexity of climate systems makes forecasting the monsoon tough.
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WHY IS THE MONSOON KEY FOR PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI?
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"What will happen if the monsoon is delayed?" asked Adhvrayu.
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The monsoon is seen reviving in last week of July.
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Berry Monsoon doesn't have that same effect for Sam's Club.
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Farmers, meanwhile, are cursing the feeblest monsoon in a decade.
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In the monsoon season, her commute time can easily double.
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All trekked north in monsoon rain through forests and fields.
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WET MONSOON CRITICAL AFTER 2018 DROUGHT India needs a good monsoon this year as in 2018 a drought ravaged crops, killed livestock, emptied reservoirs and drained water supplies to city dwellers and some industries.
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We would start hearing about monsoon forecasts by March-end or early April, but the preliminary forecast indicates the rising influence of El Nino that is not considered favourable for monsoon rains in India.
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The monsoon has delivered 38% lower-than-normal rainfall since the start of the season on June 1, due to a delay in the onset of monsoon rains, according to data compiled by IMD.
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MONSOON CONCERN A shortfall in the current monsoon rains is one new area of concern for the government, as the farm sector that employs nearly half of India's working population is completely dependent on it.
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Saturday's gathering was peaceful, and monsoon rains eventually disbursed the crowd.
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Global warming is making India's summer monsoon increasingly unpredictable, scientists say.
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Outside the sound of heavy monsoon rain muffles the honking traffic.
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In Laos, the relay's sole rider, Nilamon Binthavone, braved a monsoon.
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Authorities fear more monsoon rains will bring further disaster this week.
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For years monsoon showers were enough to wash away the gunk.
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The monsoon rains are impeding efforts to pump the water out.
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The northeast monsoon season in the region set in on Oct.
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The monsoon season delivers about 70 percent of India's annual rainfall.
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A bad monsoon can knock Indian economic growth by a third.
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The metamorphosis brought by the burst of the monsoon is profound.
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And a good strong monsoon would accelerate the process of recovery.
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Monsoon rains are expected to hit India's southern coast on Tuesday.
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After all, no one wants to get married during the monsoon.
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Monsoon climates typically have two very distinct seasons: wet and dry.
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A warmer atmosphere probably means even greater variability in the monsoon.
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Monsoon rainfall was 10 percent lower than normal as of Aug.
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Monsoon showers, which would normally cool the city, are past due.
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When the monsoon came, she would watch the sky for clues.
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The monsoon season comes in May and can last until November.
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But with monsoon rains on the way, rescuers decided to act.
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The regions that have received less rainfall so far in the current monsoon season, such as Marathwada and Vidarbha in central India, are likely to get lower-than-normal monsoon rains in the fortnight ending Aug.
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Pre-monsoon showers have already hit certain dry areas in the southern part of the country, he said, bringing much needed relief to farmers ahead of the start of the four-month monsoon season beginning June.
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D. S. Pai, the deputy director general of the long-term monsoon forecasting division at the Indian Meteorological Department, said India predicted the blow to the summer monsoon, which had happened in previous El Niño years.
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A normal, or average, monsoon means rainfall between 96% and 104% of a 50-year average of 89 cm (35 inches) during the four-month monsoon season from June to September, according to the IMD's classification.
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The monsoon has delivered 38% lower-than normal rainfall since the start of the season on June 1, due to a delay in the progress of monsoon rains, according to data compiled by the India Meteorological Department.
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These two periods are before and immediately after India's southwest monsoon season.
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The North American monsoon has an official start date of June 15.
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However, rescuers fear monsoon rains will flood much of the cave Saturday.
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Mumbai has endured torrential monsoon rain and serious flooding over recent weeks.
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In addition, heavy reliance on variable monsoon rains makes yields unusually volatile.
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A boy wades through a flooded area following monsoon rains, July 6.
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There's more bad news: Monsoon season is just around the corner. 4.
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"Even if the monsoon is good, it cannot compensate," Jacob told CNN.
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Chennai is entirely dependent on the northeast monsoon which begins in October.
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India's monsoon rains, though vital for agriculture, regularly bring death and destruction.
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On Sunday the IMD said the monsoon would arrive by June 7.
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"From the next week, the monsoon could gain momentum," the official said.
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By mid-June the monsoon rains should be quenching the parched ground.
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A monsoon is the same sort of phenomenon on a continental scale.
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Climate modelling has improved understanding of the monsoon from year to year.
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Monsoon rains arrived in the southern state of Kerala on June 8.
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The July-to-September monsoon delivers 70 percent of India's annual rainfall.
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Local media had reported injuries after monsoon winds blew over rickety structures.
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INDIA'S ANNUAL MONSOON COVERS SOME PARTS OF MAHARASHTRA STATE - WEATHER DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL
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For thrills, I drove it on Indy Motor Speedway in monsoon rains.
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A monsoon destroyed part of their hospital on a South Pacific island.
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In times of good monsoon rains none of this has mattered much.
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The sun glints green from surrounding rice fields swollen with monsoon rain.
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Many factors seem to affect the duration and intensity of the monsoon.
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The monsoon creeps north and west, showering Pakistan about a month later.
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What can we do to protect them from prolonged monsoon and drought?
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"As of now it's only a projection," he said of the monsoon.
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This stigma once kept Monsoon from exploring their non-binary gender identity.
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But the monsoon rain could hit soon and flood the caves again.
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India's farmers depend on the monsoon since half their lands lack irrigation.
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"Flourishes around monsoon events," for example, is an odd but lexical phrase.
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During the monsoon, landslides blocked trains and flooded roads, rendering them impassable.
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Just one bad monsoon season can devastate farmers, pushing them toward starvation.
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The monsoon period stretches until September, making recovery difficult for those affected.
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Retaliatory trade measures, monsoon season in Bangladesh and China's World Cup reach.
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The delay allowed for seasonal monsoon rains to arrive and replenish aquifers.
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Annual monsoon rains are crucial for India's $2.75 trillion farm-dependent economy.
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The monsoon gnerally begins in June and starts to retreat by Sept.
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Monsoon rains are crucial for the country's farm output and economic growth.
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A normal, or average, monsoon means rainfall between 25% and 22017% of a 22008-year average of 22018 cm (913 inches) in total during the four-month monsoon season from June to September, according to the IMD's classification.
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A normal, or average, monsoon means rainfall between 25% and 22017% of a 22008-year average of 22018 cm (913 inches) in total during the four-month monsoon season from June to September, according to the IMD's classification.
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Typically, the monsoon covers most parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh by mid-June, but so far this year monsoon has not even fully covered the southern state of Karnataka, a producer of sugar and corn, IMD data showed.
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The establishment phase of the monsoon north of the equator has already started, and the Indian Ocean Dipole phenomenon - which counters the impact of an El Nino - will have an incremental positive effect on the Indian monsoon, Ramesh said.
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India The monsoon season has arrived with a vengeance in and around Mumbai.
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These two periods are prior to, and immediately following, India's southwest monsoon season.
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Encephalitis outbreaks kill hundreds in India every year, especially during the monsoon season.
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Monsoon rains have been more erratic and droughts more common, threatening farmer's harvests.
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In recent months the monsoon rains have reduced Kutupalong to a muddy mess.
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The monsoon arrived in Kerala on June 8 versus the usual June 1.
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Monsoon rains replenish reservoirs and groundwater, allowing better irrigation and more hydropower output.
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The good news is that the monsoon forecast for this year is positive.
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"We see very less probability of a deficit monsoon," Ramesh said on Monday.
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The National Disaster Management Authority has predicted monsoon rains in the days ahead.
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But geography makes the South Asian monsoon particular in a number of ways.
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Monsoon meteorology's big challenge, then, is to improve predictions of these intraseasonal shifts.
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One-third of our delta nation was submerged under monsoon rains last year.
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The following day was a lesson in monsoon travel in the high Himalayas.
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The monsoon rains are the the worst to hit Sri Lanka since 2003.
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It might be the later part of the monsoon which might be stronger.
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Difficulties have been compounded by stormy monsoon weather in the Bay of Bengal.
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Monsoon rains replenish reservoirs and groundwater, allowing better irrigation and more hydropower output.
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"A reminder about the potential impact of the upcoming monsoon," Fabrizio Carboni tweeted.
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Monsoon rains are to be expected in India this time of the year.
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With unpredictable weather conditions, India's monsoon-dependent agricultural practice is increasingly under duress.
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The third is waiting until the flood waters subside after the monsoon season.
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This year's monsoon season has inundated many areas, endangering lives and forcing evacuations.
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As night fell, monsoon rains hampered efforts to clear the concrete and debris.
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But even she stopped when the monsoon rains intensified in August and September.
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In Bangladesh and India, over 1,000 people died in an outsize monsoon flood.
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Monsoon-like rains had soaked the tents where people were supposed to camp.
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The annual monsoon brings strong winds and heavy rains every summer to India.
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Rises in sea level during the monsoon have also contributed to the flooding.
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The monsoon season often brings high winds to coastal areas and flash storms.
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After the elections, monsoon forecasts will take centre stage by March or April.
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It becomes more unforgiving when the monsoon rains turn the dirt to mud.
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The IMD in August forecast monsoon rains at 106 percent or above normal.
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A particularly alarming prospect is the sustained failure of the South Asian monsoon.
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Risks include further monsoon rains inundating the cave network and oxygen running out.
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The minister blamed heavy monsoon rains and climate change for the recent flooding.
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Climate models attempt to simulate many of the processes which are driving the monsoon, says Hugh Coe of the South West Asian Aerosol Monsoon Interactions project, a research initiative, but how such processes really work has yet to be examined thoroughly.
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"The Monsoon" is now 83-5 overall, and 3-1 since dropping to welterweight.
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This week saw the first deaths due to the start of the monsoon season.
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The annual monsoon, which typically arrives in June, was late and weaker than usual.
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Now, when farmers burn rice stubble, the tail of the monsoon has already passed.
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Heatwaves in India typically occur in the pre-monsoon period from April to June.
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Almost a quarter of the world—1.76bn souls—lives with the South Asian monsoon.
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It is the monsoon winds, though, which brought those people together to form Asia.
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Indonesia suffers regular landslides, particularly during the monsoon season, sometimes exacerbated by forest clearance.
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India's June-September monsoon season is forecast to be normal this year, Tapley said.
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Better understanding these processes would improve monsoon forecasts—and could help predict cyclones, too.
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Cox's Bazar is also vulnerable to flooding but this year's monsoon season was light.
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Drought has wrecked farming in Afghanistan, while monsoon floods have marooned villages in Bangladesh.
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This is not in sync with the near-normal monsoon forecast by the IMD.
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Monsoon rains, which deliver 75% of India's annual rain, have not been evenly distributed.
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Revelers take part in the Monsoon Holi Madrid festival in Madrid on Aug. 103.
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Monsoon rains have battered the region and caused widespread flooding as well as landslides.
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The word monsoon derives from mausam in Hindi (and originally from Arabic), meaning "weather".
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Monsoon floods often inundate homes and fields, causing crop losses and damaging food stocks.
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We open the door to the rooftop, and the monsoon-like rain sprays us.
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The monsoon usually covers the half of the country in the first 15 days.
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Monsoon rains used to be enough to wash the tomb clean, but no more.
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"I remember an insane monsoon season," says Clemente, who was 27 during their stay.
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Like an avalanche, a monsoon swept as if out of nowhere across the river.
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Every year in South Asia, from June to September, the monsoon rains thunder down.
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Monsoon season could mean catastrophe for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
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And every summer, when the monsoon hits, many of these same areas get flooded.
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"During monsoon, we need to shift the school to nearby high land," Islam said.
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The original Monsoon League, with games that started in the rain at 11 p.m.
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The June-September monsoon has so far delivered 1 percent higher rainfall than average.
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When the monsoon rains failed to arrive last June, their crops vanished into dust.
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Skymet, the country's only private weather forecaster, said monsoon hit Kerala coast on Monday.
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But over the last six to seven years, in particular, that total has nearly halved, with the number of monsoon rain days falling from 22018 to 24 over the June to October monsoon period, according to D.K. Dubey, a scientist with the agency.
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Since the late 19th century, scientists and government agencies have sought to model and predict when the monsoon will come, a vital task in apportioning relief and assistance to the two billion or so people who depend on the monsoon for sustenance.
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South Asia suffers from frequent flooding during the June-to-September monsoon season each year.
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Monsoon flooding cut off their escape and prevented rescuers from finding them for nine days.
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Parched villagers are now looking to monsoon rains, which have started in Bundelkhand, for relief.
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Monsoon rains have been more erratic and droughts more common, threatening farmer's harvests, Gupta said.
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In it, she told tales of rebel conflicts, the monsoon season and 12-inch spiders.
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FIRST THE monsoon overwhelmed blocked and decrepit drains and left large parts of Karachi underwater.
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Rising farm output from a decent monsoon boosts demand for consumer goods in rural regions.
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But Thailand's Interior Minister said monsoon rains may mean rescuers have to act much earlier.
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THIS summer Ganesh Gaitonde's eyes burned through the monsoon haze from billboards across the metropolis.
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Average monsoon rainfall will help India retain its position as the world's top rice exporter.
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Thailand is in the middle of its monsoon season which usually ends in mid-October.
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As warmth creeps north, so does the ITCZ, becoming a dynamic part of the monsoon.
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The winds of the South Asian monsoon suppress the conditions needed for cyclones to form.
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This is particularly important when it comes to understanding something like the South Asian monsoon.
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In February, Skymet said monsoon rains in India are expected to be normal this year.
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The rains represent only the beginning of the monsoon season, which stretches on until September.
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India usually experiences monsoon rains from June to September, which are vital for its agriculture.
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They're almost making us forget about this April monsoon going on in New York City.
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CRI score: 233 In September 2014, monsoon rains and flash flooding wrought havoc in Pakistan.
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The monsoon and cyclone seasons are fast-approaching, with the first storms expected in months.
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The storm had kicked up suddenly, as they often do during the summer monsoon season.
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In the past, the failure of the monsoon was enough to prompt a nationwide recession.
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The monsoon creeps north and west, showering Pakistan and north India about a month later.
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Indian officials are pleading for more help to survive relentless monsoon flooding (The Associated Press).
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Kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum and cotton, and are planted during the monsoon season.
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Due to both drought and then intense monsoon rains, India's onion crops suffered a blow.
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Prices of most vegetables climbed in October as monsoon downpours delayed harvests and disrupted supplies.
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Earlier this month, the IMD had forecast monsoon rains at 106 percent or above normal.
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Monsoon downpours take just minutes to spurt through Bangalore's overburdened pipes and onto the streets.
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Apart from the Cauvery, the monsoon has been a principal source of water for Bangalore.
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With the daily monsoon rains, the whole area is flooded and quickly turns to mud.
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The cotton and sorghum monsoon crops had failed, and the village well was nearly dry.
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Farmers in India plant summer crops in June and July after arrival of monsoon rains.
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But this may fall once monsoon season kicks in and curbs transportation, the source added.
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Monsoon rains are also curbing demand for gasoil in the agriculture sector, the source said.
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Wonder how the Asian monsoon, whose rains feed billions, will hold up in the 2070s?
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The grass was high and the bushes were overgrown because monsoon rains ended only recently.
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NEW DELHI — The monsoon rice paddies of southern India can be places of joyless toil.
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Global climate changes had weakened the African monsoon system, causing a significant drop in rainfall.
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We tour through South Asia, where the annual monsoon is increasingly disrupted by climate change.
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The U.N. said tens of thousands will need to be relocated before the monsoon season.
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Monsoon flooding cut off their escape path and has made made previous rescue attempts difficult.
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In 2005, in this same area, more than 1,000 people died during the monsoon season.
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INDIA RECEIVES ABOVE-AVERAGE MONSOON RAINS IN 2019, FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS -WEATHER OFFICIALS
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Worse, as The Washington Post warned, monsoon rains threatened to flood the cave even further.
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Mud huts, which routinely collapsed during the monsoon, had been replaced by solid brick buildings.
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The lakes in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, routinely fill up completely during the monsoon season.
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Thailand is in the middle of its monsoon season which brings with it adverse weather conditions.
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Though living here could spell doom as the monsoon rains fall, she will live here anyway.
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"He is a monsoon chaser, but would come to the plains to chase storms," he said.
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Monsoon flooding cut off their escape and prevented rescuers from finding them for almost 10 days.
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Food prices have risen due to lower-than-expected monsoon rains over the past two months.
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The southern Indian state of Kerala was hit by the worst monsoon floods in a century.
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If plentiful monsoon rains lift agricultural production this year, that could keep food prices under control.
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"The southwest monsoon has withdrawn from some parts of West Rajasthan today," the weather department said.
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Dependence on the monsoon has been joined by an even sharper vulnerability to a rigged market.
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This year's monsoon is delayed, further compounding problems across a swath of western and central India.
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At some level, these stronger rains may be compensating for an overall weakening of the monsoon.
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The death toll from monsoon floods that have swept Bangladesh, India and Nepal rose above 1,200.
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By evening, he had reached the banks of the Ken river, still swollen with monsoon rains.
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The monsoon rains feed what has always been the most populous part of the human world.
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The cyclic nature of their suckling could be due to the alternating fruit and monsoon cycles.
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The arrival of the monsoon next month is likely to be more help to anguished Kachins.
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The officials said good monsoon rains could accelerate growth in the second half of the year.
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CONDITIONS BECOMING FAVOURABLE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MONSOON IN REMAINING PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIA - WEATHER DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL
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This is particularly important when it comes to understanding a phenomenon like the South Asian monsoon.
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India has received 17% less rain than average since the monsoon season began on June 1.
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Before the annual arrival of the monsoon, the villagers select appropriate sites to plant the trees.
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The phenomenon is particularly fierce during the monsoon rains when large volumes of water flow downstream.
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Overall, India has received 16% below average rain since the monsoon season began on June 1.
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The state-run India Meteorological Department will come out with its monsoon forecast in mid-April.
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Several evictions were carried out during the monsoon and in the winter, leaving families particularly vulnerable.
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Over the last two months, Mumbai has reeled from devastation caused by heavy seasonal monsoon rains.
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The Asian monsoon, on which 2100 billion people depend for their food crops, might shut down.
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"Within the next 25 years, monsoon high tides will be flowing over this level," he predicts.
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Our first story shows you how monsoon flooding has had a deadly impact on South Asia.
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India's farming sector is heavily reliant on the monsoon season, which runs from June to September.
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According to Reuters, more accurate monsoon forecasts could boost farm production by up to 15 percent.
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The central transaction of modernity was well captured in the movie "Monsoon Wedding" some years ago.
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Among other extremes, monsoon floods killed 1,200 people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, the WMO said.
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Heavy monsoon rains this month have caused 80 landslides in the state, as well as flooding.
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The rains have lasted longer than the traditional monsoon season, which normally subsides around early September.
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The extended monsoon is causing problems for farmers, as too much rain causes produce to rot.
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The monsoon rains have left many of Lahore's streets underwater, causing breached canals and unstable buildings.
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Heavy, sudden monsoon rains pummeled the state of Maharashtra, washing away houses and flooding transport hubs.
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Since the monsoon season ends in October, this could mean up to a four-month wait.
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It also acquired startups like Bundle, BankOns, Adaptive Path, and last year, Level Money and Monsoon.
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In 2013, parts were submerged under nearly 2 meters of water after a heavy monsoon storm.
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India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) reports a "40-50% excess" of monsoon rains this year.
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With monsoon rains coming, aid groups worry that large sections of these settlements could wash away.
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In China along the Mekong River, fish would swim into rice paddies during the monsoon season.
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Landslides and floods are common in Indonesia, especially during the monsoon season from October to April.
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One day during monsoon season in 2012, he took a long run up Canyon de Chelly.
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But as monsoon rains inundated the area, the porous limestone cave absorbed water like a sponge.
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More than 150 are dead after heavy monsoon rains in India caused devastating landslides and floods.
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Coloring for clothing had stained the dogs' fur, and the monsoon rains soon blasted it off.
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But within the misery monsoon that has befallen Congress this year lies some potential silver linings.
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The monsoon season, which typically lasts from June to September, flooded several states and submerged farms.
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Above-average monsoon rain has brightened the prospects for winter crops like wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas.
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After a good monsoon in 2016, we may again face an El Nino effect this year.
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The monsoon arrived in southern state of Kerala on June 8 versus the usual June 1.
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"If indeed we end up having a better-than-normal monsoon, and spatial distribution of monsoon and production indicators point to a normal year, then the RBI's comfort for another rate cut will increase," said Gaurav Kapur, senior economist at Royal Bank of Scotland in Mumbai.
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These two states received nearly a tenth less rainfall than normal during the June-September monsoon season.
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Monsoon flooding cut off their escape route and prevented rescuers from finding them for almost 10 days.
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Bottlers had demanded exemption from the order, arguing that good monsoon rains would adequately replenish disappearing groundwater.
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The cyclone has drawn moisture from the Arabian Sea and stalled the progress of the monsoon rains.
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However any such voyage would be hazardous for the next few months, because of the annual monsoon.
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The country has so far received 5 percent lower rainfall than normal in the current monsoon season.
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Meteorologists also say that the upcoming La Niña impacted monsoon is expected to be heavier than normal.
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Much of India is suffering a heatwave and severe drought after two years of failed monsoon rains.
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In the thickening heat of every summer the locals greet the monsoon with both relief and trepidation.
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S. trade war, while a below normal monsoon is weighing on demand in India, the company said.
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Floods occur frequently during the monsoon season, spewing untreated sewage onto the streets and so spreading disease.
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However, Cyclone Vayu developed in the Arabian Sea drew moisture from the monsoon and weakened its progress.
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A Buddhist temple in Myanmar has been swallowed by floodwaters in the wake of heavy monsoon rains.
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Studies have shown the onset of the monsoon is becoming more variable, increasing the risk of drought.
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The outlook is better, however, as monsoon rains are expected to be plentiful in August and September.
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As the monsoon rains wind down in southern India in September, sources of drinking water run short.
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This region was chosen because it reflects the edge of the monsoon, and thereby captures its variability.
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Overall, India has received 19% less rain than average since the monsoon season began on June 1.
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The planting figures are also subject to revision depending on progress of the June-September monsoon season.
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Overall, India has received 16% lower than average rain since the monsoon season began on June 1.
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More than 4003 people have died in India and Nepal since monsoon flooding began over the weekend.
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The south Asian country is forecast to receive surplus rainfall during the June to September monsoon season.
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The country has so far received 9 percent lower rainfall than normal in the current monsoon season.
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C notes that "monsoon"-like rains seem to have been more prevalent than not in recent springs.
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It was the second building collapse in Mumbai in 10 days, as monsoon rains lash the city.
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Overall, India has received 16% less rain than average since the monsoon season began on June 1.
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Climate Risk Index (CRI) score: 1.823 Monsoon rains in 2014 caused severe flooding and landslides in India.
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This year the monsoon has been good nearly everywhere, with the glaring exception of the Cauvery basin.
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Parts of South Asia were pounded by historic rainfall during the height of monsoon season last month.
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The heat trapped by greenhouse gases is likely to lead to even greater variability in the monsoon.
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The monsoon rains, which have been lagging after an early start, will be watched for further progress.
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With the monsoon looming and their storage capacity high, Solapur's farmers appear confident of avoiding future shortages.
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Nuri is also worried about the rain and monsoon season that had just begun in Cox's Bazar.
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The Asian monsoon season, primed by the El Niño phenomenon, opened with a disaster in Sri Lanka.
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He said a monsoon system would bring continued heavy rains for the next 24 to 48 hours.
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State-run India Meteorological Department is expected to issue its forecast for this year's monsoon rains soon.
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The developing Cyclone Vayu in the Arabian Sea drew moisture from the monsoon and weakened its progress.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Monsoon rains in India were 6 percent above average in the week ended Aug.
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On Saturday, monsoon rains caused a landslide at the one above, in Hpakant Township in Kachin State.
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More than 13,200 people have died in South Asia's monsoon season, and the rains aren't over yet.
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Lying just south of the India-Nepal border, Gorakhpur is very lush, especially now, during the monsoon.
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But "Monsoon Wedding" takes up one of Ms. Nair's pet themes: continuity in the face of rupture.
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Heavy annual monsoon rains have already brought flooding to other parts of the country and the region.
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The pickup in monsoon rains in the first week of July compensated for lower rainfall in June.
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The number of cases usually goes up as the dry season shifts into the monsoon, she added.
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The country has so far received 5 percent lower rainfall than normal in the current monsoon season.
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Since the start of the monsoon season on June 1, rains have been 5 percent below average.
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The food supply for more than a billion people relies on the rains of the monsoon season.
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INDIA LIKELY TO RECEIVE ABOVE-AVERAGE MONSOON RAINS IN 2019, FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS -WEATHER OFFICIALS
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But in the past two weeks, during the monsoon season, the river has risen about three feet.
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The race to rebuild the world's largest refugee camp, where monsoon rains threaten flooding, landslides and disease.
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Drake: lol its too late now *Nicki storms out of the studio like a fine ass monsoon.
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In July 2019, heavy monsoon rains caused landslides and floods, displacing millions across northern Bangladesh and India.
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Heat waves in India usually take place between March and July and abate once the monsoon rains arrive.
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But monsoon flooding cut off their escape route and prevented rescuers from finding them for nearly 10 days.
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With the positive impact of the monsoon and GST's progress, we are in for stable growth going forward.
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When fall came, the delayed monsoon rains led to flooding that killed hundreds of people in southern India.
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Seasonal monsoon rains, which bring relief each year and replenish the country's water supplies, are late this year.
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Outbreaks of encephalitis are common every year in India, claiming hundreds of lives, especially during the monsoon season.
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And she no longer has to work outdoors all day in the blazing sun and torrential monsoon rain.
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India's monsoon rains are crucial for its crops and help replenish groundwater for people to access drinking water.
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"Next season, we are expecting a sharp rebound in Maharashtra's production due to good monsoon rains," said Naiknavare.
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The focus will also be on the month-long monsoon session of parliament, which begins on July 17.
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That will affect weather and climate phenomena, such as India's monsoon season, thousands of miles to the south.
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Bags jamming Karachi's storm drains contributed to recent flooding in that city during heavy monsoon rains, she said.
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Every monsoon season, hundreds come from other parts of India; most are farmers the rest of the year.
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As weather patterns change, monsoon rains are shifting slowly toward the Neelum Valley, a tourist hotspot, Shah said.
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They have received a third weaker rainfall than usual since the start of monsoon season on June 20173.
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EXCLUSIVE-MONSOON RAINS IN COMING WEEKS EXPECTED TO MAKE UP FOR JUNE-JULY SHORTFALL - INDIA'S WEATHER OFFICE CHIEF
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The IMD said in April monsoon rains were expected to amount to 96% of the long-term average.
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Monsoon rains reached India's southern coast of Kerala on June 8, more than a week later than usual.
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Monsoon rains hit the southern Indian state of Kerala nearly a week later than normal earlier this month.
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In most places, there is a great deal of variation in rainfall over the course of the monsoon.
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Monsoon rains hit the southern Indian state of Kerala nearly a week later than normal earlier this month.
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Plentiful monsoon rains could lift agricultural and wider economic growth and keep food prices and overall inflation subdued.
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The land becomes cooler, weakening the temperature differences with the sea that drive the circulation of the monsoon.
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Heavy monsoon rains are forecast for next week in most of the north, according to Thailand's meteorological department.
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But he predicted tensions will remain high until monsoon rains – which began recently in some areas – take hold.
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With a good monsoon and government pay hikes in prospect, the outlook for a sustained recovery looks good.
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INDIA RECEIVES 9% LESS RAINFALL THAN AVERAGE IN THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE-SEPT MONSOON SEASON-WEATHER OFFICE
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When the water-laden air of the monsoon hits the particles, ice crystals should form and boost precipitation.
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Another severe monsoon season in 2014 killed over 100 people in Nepal, and displaced more than 17,000 families.
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The monsoon season is what he describes as the shut-off valve for fire season in the Southwest.
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The world's biggest refugee camp is under water Monsoon floods hit this massive Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.
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"It's monsoon season in Arizona and these storms build quickly and dump a lot of moisture," Hornung said.
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India receives 80 percent of its annual rainfall during the monsoon season that runs between June and September.
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This year, a weak monsoon season has wiped small cardamom production, threatening the livelihoods of thousands of producers.
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On Thursday, Lee said the blackout had left many villages unprepared for severe monsoon floods in the area.
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Normal service is expected to resume in June, spokesman Mark Orbos said, when seasonal monsoon rains are expected.
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Monsoon rains are expected to be 100 percent of the long-term average, Skymet said in a Tweet.
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"In the next 2-3 days, monsoon is likely to cover some more parts of Maharashtra," he said.
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Farmers were getting lower returns from winter-sown crops due to lower-than normal monsoon rains, Nambiath said.
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South Asia has seen a historic amount of rain and flooding this month, the height of monsoon season.
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Overall, India has received 9% less rain than average in the first half of June-September monsoon season.
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For one of the world's most important weather events, India's monsoon, forecasting methods are becoming rather more refined.
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Dhaka, one of the world's fastest growing megacities, must reckon with the difficulties of a tropical monsoon climate.
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New Delhi (CNN)Pre-monsoon thunderstorms and lightning strikes have killed 48 people since Monday in northern India.
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Thailand is in the middle of monsoon season, which brings high winds and flash storms to coastal areas.
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Or they can make flat assumptions: presuming, for example, that the monsoon affects food supply but not demand.
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I left Second Nature in fall, after monsoon season, in weather like the weather I came in on.
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Flash floods and landslides in Nepal also triggered by monsoon rains killed 15 people and injured 12 overnight.
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But monsoon rains, forecast to increase Wednesday, and the seriously weakened physical state of the group, present challenges.
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As we unloaded gear and dinner, dark thunderheads appeared to the west; it was monsoon season in Arizona.
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Steel struts branch upward toward the 103-foot roof like the skeletons of umbrellas open against a monsoon.
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India monsoon Two deadly storms have affected thousands of people in Asia, and the danger isn't over yet.
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Matt Rodewald, who works for Phoenix's Fox affiliate, was covering the monsoon storms in the area on Wednesday.
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The hulking creature that opens the door (an unrecognizable Boris Karloff) would scare anyone back into the monsoon.
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Water in India: Climate change is messing with the country's all-important monsoon (and shortsighted policies aren't helping).
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With the start of the monsoon season, likely lasting through September, traders expect lower LNG orders from India.
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Thailand is in the midst of its monsoon season which begins in May and usually ends in October.
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While rain would normally cheer the agricultural heartland, the monsoon was erratic and has left many crops damaged.
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Most analysts, however, expected a 2.53 bps cut later this year, depending on the progress of monsoon rains.
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The state-run India Meteorological Department had earlier forecast arrival of monsoon rains over Kerala on June 6.
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Every year in July, with the arrival of monsoon rains, the outbreak ended as suddenly as it began.
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In 2017, monsoon rains were 95 percent of the long-term average compared to forecasts of 98 percent.
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Thunderstorms outside of the regular monsoon season are common in Nepal, but never has one been so deadly.
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The seasonal monsoon rains have been highly anticipated in India, which has been mired in drought for two years.
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The IMD, set up in 1875, produced its first monsoon forecast in 1886 after the famine of the 1870s.
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The country is beset by a range of endemic infectious diseases, particularly during monsoon season, between May and October.
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A possible slump in the country's top agriculture export, tea, due to heavy monsoon rains also weighed on sentiment.
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Overall, India has received 5% less rain than average since the start of the monsoon season on June 1.
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But during the monsoon months June to August, the chances of sighting tigers are higher and the crowds thinner.
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Incoming monsoon rains had been a concern because it could once again flood the cave and deplete oxygen levels.
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Now oxygen is running out, and authorities want to get everyone out before the heavy monsoon rains start again.
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Unusually heavy monsoon rains over the last several weeks have killed over 1,000 people across India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
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For now, for many residents, a good monsoon is all that stands between them and more water shortages ahead.
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Prices of perishables like vegetables and meat will get normalized as soon as monsoon-related transport disruption is over.
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However, Cyclone Vayu developed in the Arabian Sea and that drew moisture from the monsoon and weakened its progress.
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There are instances when the monsoon delivered average or above average rainfall even after arriving late or progressing slowly.
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The monsoon rains are vital for the country's economy, since 63% of India's farmlands are not connected to irrigation.
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Overall, India has received 2% more rain than average since the start of the monsoon season on June 1.
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Bangladesh lost nearly 30,000 people to monsoon flooding in 1974; in the recent rains that figure dropped to 503.
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Monsoon rains hits the country in early July, and has led to even entire riverside villages being washed away.
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"If the monsoon delivers lower rainfall then we may end at the lower end of the range," Somasundaram said.
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She is expecting a turnaround in consumption going forward as a good monsoon and higher public sector wages help.
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A white van coursed through narrow roads along the monsoon-soaked coastline of Kerala, a state in southwestern India.
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She says many children and old people died on the week-long trek through the muddy monsoon-soaked hills.
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Monsoon rains from June to September are important for farm-dependent Nepal, but they also cause havoc each year.
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Torrential monsoon rainfalls this year have killed hundreds of people in China and displaced 1.2 million people in India.
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"We'll soon make an announcement that the monsoon has arrived and it has already covered Kerala," the source said.
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In India, April can also be a particularly stifling month as the country warms before the monsoon rains arrive.
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Overall, India has received rains that were 16% less than average since the monsoon season began on June 1.
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The prospect of paying such steep premiums as monsoon rains lowered cooling demand led Pakistan to cancel its tender.
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According to Biju, the best time to find frogs is during India's monsoon season, which runs June through August.
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The belated onset of the monsoon has already pushed up food prices, hampering the central bank's crusade against inflation.
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But forecasting the monsoon remains fantastically difficult, especially as four in every ten monsoons are classified as abnormal anyway.
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Nair, the Indian-born, New York-based director of Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake, has worked in Kampala before.
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Overall, India has received 1% more rainfall than average since the start of the monsoon season on June 1.
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In Goa, balchão is a preserve for monsoon season when fish and other seafood are hard to come by.
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The monsoon rains are vital for the country's economy because 63% of India's farmlands are not connected to irrigation.
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Overall, India has received 1% more rainfall than average since the start of the monsoon season on June 1.
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Floods are an annual occurrence in Assam and many parts of India during monsoon season from June to September.
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"It is the southwest monsoon and the rainfall continues to come," he said, which further complicates the rescue efforts.
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The last time a monsoon was delayed this long was in 1961 when the retreat began on October 1.
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The monsoon brings heavy rains to South Asia between June and October, often triggering floods later in the season.
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Laos and its neighbors are in the middle of the monsoon season that brings tropical storms and heavy downpours.
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Monsoon rains reached the capital on Thursday, more than a week later than usual, with only a light drizzle.
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I'd later find out it played better on television than it did in the monsoon, but that's no matter.
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Overall, India has received 3% more rain than average since the start of the monsoon season on June 1.
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As monsoon-like rains poured on the city all afternoon, people said they worried this would be far worse.
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Laos and its neighbors are in the middle of the monsoon season that brings tropical storms and heavy rain.
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It is monsoon season, when heavy rains shut down the machines for long stretches and tamp down the dust.
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Africa's largest coal terminal blamed a weak third quarter, tied to the monsoon season which impacted top customer India.
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The wettest time of the year in Sri Lanka is usually during the southern monsoon, from May to September.
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But August saw heavy rains and flooding in some states and the strong monsoon has stretched into this month.
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One might say the conditions could not be worse, but the monsoon season, with its lashing rains, is coming.
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Other cities like Kolkata, in India's West Bengal state, are also experiencing heavy monsoon rain and floods this week.
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Overall, India has received 5% more rain than average since the start of the monsoon season on June 1.
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India's monsoon usually starts retreating at the start of September but has been delayed by a month this year.
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Laos and its neighbours are in the middle of the monsoon season that brings tropical storms and heavy rain.
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India has received rain that is 28 percent less than average since the monsoon season began on June 1.
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Thick plumes of smoke rippled into the air above Nairobi yesterday, spiraling from 25 monsoon-sodden piles of ivory.
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Thick plumes of smoke rippled into the air above Nairobi yesterday, spiraling from 11 monsoon-sodden piles of ivory.
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She also pointed out several other obstacles to the RBI's medium-term inflation target: higher aggregate demand next year due to a normal monsoon, salary increases from the Seventh Pay Commission's recommendations and steady-to-higher food prices from structural inadequacies caused by uneven rainfall throughout the country during the monsoon season.
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