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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. Monsoon flooding devastates Mojave Desert town — but also ...

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   Monsoon storms typically form when an area of high pressure draws moisture up from the Baja Peninsula and other parts of Mexico and then the wind turns to blow from the south, pushing that ...

7. Floods in Thailand - Wikipedia

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   Breaking this cycle was the subject of the "Sustainable Water Management Forum 2016" in Bangkok. The event hosted water management specialists from countries which have dealt with water management challenges such as the Netherlands, Israel, and Singapore. One attendee observed that, "In Thailand, we receive around 754,000 million m 3 of rain ...

8. Monsoon of South Asia - Wikipedia

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   A positive IOD index often negates the effect of ENSO, resulting in increased monsoon rains in years such as 1983, 1994, and 1997. [29] Further, the two poles of the IOD – the eastern pole (around Indonesia) and the western pole (off the African coast) — independently and cumulatively affect the quantity of monsoon rains. [29]

9. Wonders of the Monsoon - Wikipedia

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   Wonders of the Monsoon (also known as Lands of the Monsoon) [1] is a BBC documentary series which ran for five episodes between 5 October 2014 [2] and 2 November 2014, and aired on BBC Two. The series focus for a variety of locations around the world features including India , Australia and islands of the Pacific Ocean which are all the focus ...