By Paul Homewood

 

From the Guardian:

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/india-flood-alert-monsoon-kerala

 

Unfortunately, as the Guardian states at the end of the article:

The monsoon rains are crucial to replenishing water supplies in drought-stricken India, but they kill hundreds of people across the country every year.

In fact the monsoon so far this is just around the average across India:

 

http://mol.tropmet.res.in/

 

 

Inevitably there are regional variations. This summer, it is the south west, around Maharashta, which has borne the brunt of the heaviest rain. At the other end of the scale, Bengal has been relatively dry:

 

http://mol.tropmet.res.in/seasonal-rainfall-map/

 

 

But back in 1911, nobody worried that there might be too much rain. Quite the contrary:

 

 

The Lithgow Mercury – September 15th, 1911

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August 16, 2019 at 08:45AM