IMD Predicts Normal Monsoon in 2021 With Average Rains
The monsoon, the lifeline of the country s $2.9 trillion economy, delivers nearly 70% of rains that India needs to water farms.
A man pedals his cycle rickshaw during monsoon rains in New Delhi, India August 31, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton/File Photo
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New Delhi/Mumbai: India is likely to receive an average amount of rain in the 2021 monsoon, the state-run weather office said on Friday, raising expectations of higher farm and economic growth in Asia’s third-biggest economy, which is reeling from a surge in coronavirus cases.
Monsoon rainfall is expected to total 98% of the long-term average, M. Rajeevan, secretary at the Ministry of Earth Sciences, told a virtual news conference.
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2021 rainfall: Lagos issues flash flood alert
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.. Predicts 261 days of rainfall
..Threatens to shut down markets fond of indiscriminate refuse dump
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Lagos State Government has predicted high intensity of rainfall of 261 days in 2021 with attendant flooding across the state even as it assured residents of adequate protection of lives property.
The state, therefore, directed communities in coastal and low-lying wetland areas of the state to move upland to avert needless loss of lives and property.
Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, accompanied by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Drainage Services, Mr Joe Igbokwe, made the remarks on Wednesday, at a media briefing on the 2021 Seasonal Climate Predictions, SCP, and Socio-Economic implications for Lagos State, held at Alausa, Ikeja.