Experts say climate change is at least party responsible for the erratic, early rains that have affected northeast India and Bangladesh, triggering landslides and unprecedented floods
, which is downriver of much of the rainfall, has also been badly affected.in states including Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Sikkim, and 42 people have died in Bangladesh since 17 May.While the monsoon season normally comes at around this time, scientists said the annual rains arrived early this year, with torrential rain lashing northeastern India and Bangladesh as early as March.
Despite heavy rain in some areas, the latest figures from the state-run weather office showed that India received 8% less rainfall than average in June because of scanty rainfall in the central parts of the country.US hit by floods, mudslides, wildfires resembling 'an erupting volcano' and a record heatwave in two days
Central India received as much as 54% less rainfall than normal in the month, according to India Meteorological Department data, prompting fears for areas that are extensively planted with cotton, soybean and sugar cane. In early May, a heatwave caused a cut in forecasts for yields of India's wheat crop, resulting in the country banning the export of the staple, fuelling a rise in the price of the food stuff on world markets, where the
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