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Monsoon reaches Delhi, covers 95% of India |
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New Delhi: The long-awaited south-west monsoon has finally arrived in Delhi resulting in a dip in the mercury level considerably.
This has definitely delighted the Delhi`ties, who had been going through a scorching time, following a severe heat wave that swept the city for days.
Director General of the India Meteorological Department, Ajit Tyagi said that the system had covered almost every other part of north India. "The monsoon has now covered almost 95 per cent of the country. Only some pockets are still to be covered," he said.
Speaking about the prospects for the coming days, he said that the monsoon would remain active across the country at least for the next one week, although its intensity would vary from region to region.
"Weather prediction models have predicted that the rainfall, for the country as a whole, for July would be 93 per cent of the long period average for the month, and for August, it would (be) 100 per cent of the LPA for that month. We are confident that the forecast would come true and the rainfall deficit that had built up so far would be wiped out," Tyagi said.
(Posted on : 02/07/2009)
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