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  2. 2016 Philippine southwest monsoon floods - Wikipedia

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    On August 14, 2016, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that about 70,000 people, or 15,665 families, were affected by the enhanced monsoon rains in the regions of Central Luzon (Region 3), Calabarzon (Region 4-A), Mimaropa (Region 4-B), Western Visayas (Region 6), the Negros Island Region, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and the National Capital ...

  3. 2016 Pakistan Floods - Wikipedia

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    According to Pakistan's NMDA, there were a total of 424 deaths as a result of the pre-monsoon rains (March–May 2016) and monsoon season (June–September 2016). 153 of the people who died were children. By province, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was the worst affected during both disasters, with a total of 226 deaths. [29]

  4. List of deadliest floods - Wikipedia

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    2016 Indian floods by monsoon rain India: 2016 1,000 [citation needed] 1961 Bihar flood India: 1961 992 1957 Isahaya flood, massive rain and mudslide Japan: 1957 941 Inuyama Iruka pond dam failure Japan: 1868 933 1938 Hanshin flood, mainly Tokyo, Kobe, massive rain and landslide Japan: 1938 915 Barcelona, flash flood: Spain: 1962 903

  5. Monsoon - Wikipedia

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    The European Monsoon (more commonly known as the return of the westerlies) is the result of a resurgence of westerly winds from the Atlantic, where they become loaded with wind and rain. [60] These westerly winds are a common phenomenon during the European winter, but they ease as spring approaches in late March and through April and May.

  6. 2014–2016 El Niño event - Wikipedia

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    The 2014–2016 El Niño was the strongest El Niño event on record, with unusually warm waters developing between the coast of South America and the International Date Line. These unusually warm waters influenced the world's weather in a number of ways, which in turn significantly affected various parts of the world.

  7. Tropical cyclones in 2016 - Wikipedia

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    2016 Atlantic hurricane season summary map. The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2016. [15] It was an above average season and the most active since 2012, producing a total of 15 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. The first storm, Hurricane Alex, developed on January 12, while the final system ...

  8. Climate of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    Köppen climate classification of Myanmar, 1980 to 2016.. The climate of Myanmar varies depending on location and in the highlands, on elevation. The climate is subtropical/tropical and has three seasons, a "cool winter from November to February, a hot summer season in March and April and a rainy season from May to October, dominated by the southwest monsoon."

  9. 2017 South Asian floods - Wikipedia

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    At the height of the storms on 11 August, a week of regular monsoon rain fell in the span of a few hours. [14] More rain and flooding was expected, including in Dhaka , the country's capital. Over six million have been affected, according to UNICEF, with estimates ranging as high as 8.5 million.