Monsoon In Bursts: Why Several States Are Flooded In ‘Below-Normal’ Year
New Delhi: Just a week of heavy rain has been enough to flood cities, trigger landslides in the hills and unleash cloudbursts across parts of north India. All this while India’s southwest monsoon remains below normal. According to the India Meteorological Department, India received 195.5 mm of cumulative southwest monsoon rainfall between June 1 and…