monsoon
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The rain is from a monsoon pattern, Sullivan said, and is not related to Hurricanes Polo and Odalys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Statistics from the India Meteorological Department show that, until 22 September the southwest monsoon had brought 15% less rain than normal.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
River-straddling hydropower projects are built to handle monsoon floods, even heavy ones, but high-velocity debris flows are a different beast entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Under a makeshift roof offering protection from the monsoon rains, the pair are slowly uncovering the giant neck of a fossil they hope to confirm soon as Thailand's newest dinosaur.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“It’s a mixture of turmeric and some other medicinal powders. It’ll help keep you from falling ill. The monsoon will get worse soon.”
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
Its effects can include drought across parts of the Amazon, Indonesia and Australia, disrupted monsoons in India, and more tropical storms and typhoons in the Pacific.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
As the monsoon monsoons, our lights and cameras are hastily scooped up and moved into the beautiful Victorian kitchen of nearby Kenwood House.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
The tech company has been helping farmers in India monitor the threat of monsoons through its open-source AI model to provide granular forecasting data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
SAI efforts concentrated near the poles, for example, could disrupt tropical monsoons, while releases near the equator might alter jet streams and interfere with global air circulation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025
It certainly wasn’t a driving rain, like you see during the monsoons.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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