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Unseasonal Rains And Landslides: Expert Decodes India’s Unusual October Weather

Experts said unusual October rains and landslides reflect growing impact of climate change, delayed monsoons, and reckless development across fragile Himalayan regions, writes Surabhi Gupta.

New Delhi: As heavy rains led to landslides in Darjeeling, moderate rains drenched Delhi-NCR in early October, and fresh snow covered parts of Jammu and Kashmir.

A close look at the Indian weather map this week presents a picture in contrasts. While meteorologists track possibly one of the wettest Octobers in recent memory, climate experts suggest that this irregularity is a reflection of a deeper, structural change in weather dynamics on the sub-continent as well as a warning of the effect

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