And so it turned out in Aug2008; less than normal rainfall, no major landslides and no known deaths. Placed below is the rainfall data for Aug 2007 and 2008:-
Total rainfall (Aug2007) :- 506mm
Total rainfall (Aug2008) :- 597mm
Monthly average rainfall for AUG (10 years average) :- 647mm
(from http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/Area/Rain.html)
Technically, September is a month when the monsoons recede and rainfall diminishes - let's hope that is true but just as a reminder how horribly wrong things can go wrong with weather these days....
The recent floods in Bihar were a result of excessive rain ie it because it rained a full 500% more than the monthly average rain (source CNN). Imagine that!!!
praful rao
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My thanks to Compuset, Darjeeling for the rainfall data
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