Kerala and Uttarakhand received record rainfall in October, with several districts reporting 24-hour highs that exceeded the figures from over a century. What explains this incessant rain? (200 words)
Refer - The Hindu
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KEY POINTS
· There are different factors at play in Kerala and Uttarakhand. There have been two rain-bearing ‘low pressure systems’ that are active in the Arabian Sea as well as the Bay of Bengal since the past week.
· Western disturbances, which are periodic influxes of moisture-laden clouds from the Mediterranean, and common during winter, are what caused the rain in northern India.
· The Bay of Bengal is still warm and strong winds from there are reaching as far as Uttarakhand and will contribute to rainfall in several parts of north-eastern India.
· Overall elevated temperatures are also contributing to warmer waters in the Arctic Ocean and drawing colder air from the poles with greater intensity.
· This added to the increased moisture, thereby seeding more intense western disturbance activity over north India.
· . The monsoon cycle is prone to large variations, and every year regional factors get accentuated it’s hard to predict which in advance that then lead to extreme climate events.
· This year, India was poised to receive below normal rainfall until August when global meteorological factors changed and caused a torrential September that largely repaired the monsoon deficit.
· Kerala and Uttarakhand have large tracts of hilly terrain that are prone to landslips. But construction has continued unabated even on land unsuited for human habitation.
Rajalakshmi 3 years
Please review. Thank you.
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Shashank Singh 3 years
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The introduction part of explaining the incessant rainfall scenario can be cut-short to few lines. The second part of the answer is written very well. Good Attempt. Keep writing.
Samy uvaraj 3 years
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Valid points and Inclusion of flow chart is appreciable. Good Attempt. Keep writing.
Cibi Siddharth 3 years
kindly review and provide suggestions sir
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Good Attempt. Keep writing. Try to include maps.
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