India has received 32.8 per cent less rain than expected in June, the first month of the monsoon season. Experts have attributed this to the adverse effects of the Cyclone Vayu. Meanwhile, several people have been killed in Mumbai due to heavy rainfall.
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The Indian Meteorological Department announced that Cyclone Vayu will not hit Gujarat on the Saurashtra coast as it has moved towards the sea.
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The current spell of the heatwave in India is on course to become the longest ever as searing temperatures killed four train passengers, drained water supplies, and drove thousands of tourists to hill stations, which are already bursting at the seams.
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The monsoon finally hit the coast of Kerala after a delay of a week. It missed its usual June 1 date. The India Meteorological Department confirmed its arrival on June 8. Red alert has been sounded in four districts of Kerala as it expects heavy showers.
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After making landfall and causing panic in Odisha, on Friday, Cyclone Fani has entered West Bengal on Saturday. This is one of the strongest storms to batter the Indian subcontinent in ten years. Odisha reported 12 deaths due to the cyclone, so far.
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Cyclone Fani is expected to make landfall in Odisha around Friday noon. The Category 4 hurricane has now intensified into an “extremely severe cyclonic storm” with wind speed likely to hit 200kmph at the time of landfall.
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