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Uttarakhand, where rains killed over 54, alone recorded over five times than its normal precipitation,
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Mumbai: India received 41 per cent more rainfall than normal during October 1-21
with Uttarakhand alone recording more than five times its normal precipitation,
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Providing a numerical perspective to the unusually heavy rains ravaging several
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Of the 694 districts in the country, 45 per cent (311 districts in 16 states and union
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Uttarakhand, where rains have claimed the lives of more than 54 people, recorded
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warming of the seas, unabated development and delayed withdrawal of the
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"Many of these extreme weather events have taken place earlier. But now places
are more densely populated which amplifies the impact," Mr Narasimhan, who
also studied the 2015 Chennai floods, told PTI.

In December 2015, Chennai received its highest rain in 100 years in which more
than 250 people were killed.

Discussing the situation in Kerala, Mr Narsimhan said the state gets bountiful
rainfall both during the Southwest monsoon and the Northeast monsoon but this
year has been different.

Explaining the heavy rainfall, IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said
October saw the formation of two low pressure areas (cyclonic circulations that
bring in rainfall and strong winds).

In Uttarakhand, he explained, the interaction between western disturbance and

the low pressure area resulted in heavy rains this week.

The western disturbance over north India is a phenomenon typically observed in

non-monsoon seasons.

"The interaction of cold winds of western disturbance and the warm winds of the
low pressure area bring in thunderstorms and heavy rainfall," Mr Mohapatra said,
adding that such interaction had taken place during the deadly deluge in
Uttarakhand in 2013 in which hundreds of people were killed.

M Rajeevan, former Ministry of Earth Sciences secretary who has been studying
the Southwest monsoon for more than three decades, said there is a delayed
withdrawal of the monsoon.

Since the retreat has been late over the last few years, the IMD in 2020 had
revised the withdrawal date from northwest India.

This year, the withdrawal of the Southwest monsoon from northwest India
commenced on October 6, the second-most delayed withdrawal since 1975. In
2019, it had started on October 9.

The IMD said its complete withdrawal from the country is expected around
October 26.

"More importantly, the active conditions of Southwest monsoon which began in

September have still not ended. Usually, such an active phase does not last for a
month, but this time it has," Mr Rajeevan said.

Warming of seas around India is another factor, Mr Rajeevan pointed out.

He said the warming of the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea helps in forming a
cyclonic circulation. This year, it is aided by La Nina conditions - the phenomenon
is associated with the cooling of the Pacific waters and usually results in good
rainfall activity - and some remnants of cyclonic circulation from the Pacific
Ocean.

Once these remnants enter the Bay of Bengal, the warm water aids in formation
of cyclonic circulations.

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In a paper published earlier this year, Mr Rajeevan along with other

meteorologists, said from 1970 to 2019, 7,063 extreme weather events killed
1,41,308 people in the country.

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