Normal rainfall hard to find
Twelve states in India received over 60 per cent surplus rains in the second week of July this year. The resultant floods in Bihar and Assam …
This monsoon was far from being ‘normal’
While rainfall over the entire country falls under the normal category, distribution of rain has been a far cry from IMD scientists' forecast
Meanwhile, the monsoon anomaly
Instead of quantum of rainfall, we must analyse the distribution of rainfall to understand the changing nature of the monsoon
Erratic pre-monsoon, monsoon rainfall impacts North East agriculture
Kharif cultivation of paddy delayed in Assam, Tripura, Nagaland; Boro harvest was affected too
Rainfall pattern changing in India
Uttarakhand receives more rainfall in June than before
Kharif crops take a severe hit by intense and unprecedented rainfall across India
IMD advises farmers to drain maize fields, delay sowing paddy in several states