Cyclone Taukata and Yas prompted heavy rainfall on Indian shores over the past one fortnight inside 10 days.
An in any other case excessive summer time throughout May, the interval between 12 and 26 May this yr, skilled important rainfall – starting from heavy to very heavy rain to extraordinarily heavy rain in most components of the nation, all originating from these cyclones.
Unlike one or two sporadic native occasions with thunderstorms, May this yr will finish in current occasions as an exceptionally moist month within the nation.
The cyclone weakening affected the climate and prompted rain on the west coast for every week. After landfall in Gujarat, it continued to carry moist climate to western and north India together with Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
Cyclone Yas over the Bay of Bengal rained primarily in Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar for about three days.
The all-India weekly rainfall (in relation to long-term common) has been greater than 127 per cent and 94 per cent for 2 consecutive weeks – May 12 – 19 and May 20 – 26, respectively, the India Meteorological Department’s rainfall information (IMD) mentioned .
Pre-monsoon rainfall for the nation, i.e. from March to May (until 28 May) was 18 per cent larger (with respect to the long-term common).
Homogeneous region-wise, below-normal rainfall and dry summer time had been noticed solely in Northeast, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in May.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
