India heading for a dry monsoon like in 2009
Posted on: 25/Apr/2014 11:31:59 AM
The observable fact called El Nino may return to trouble India during the summer monsoons, with researchers predicting poor rainfall throughout this year`s monsoon season.
The El Nino is a weather phenomenon marked by a rise in the surface temperature on the Pacific Ocean causing a draught in India, Australia and South-East Asia while causing excessive rain in other parts of the world like Brazil and the US Midwest.
In recent years, the El Nino has hit the Indian monsoon season in 2009, 2004 and 2002.
According to the forecast by the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum - a group of global weather experts affiliated to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) - rains could be below average in Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and some parts of Pakistan, while an average monsoon is expected in Bangladesh, Nepal and Afghanistan.
Monsoon provides 70 percent of rainfall in India, where agriculture is mostly rain fed. Poor monsoon has a spiralling affect on inflation, and can affect economy negatively.
