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Monsoon, too soon

The showers that hit Delhi on June 16 caught everyone, including meteorologists, completely unawares. They heralded the earliest onset of monsoon in 97 years. Expected to arrive by June 29, the rains were 13 days ahead of schedule.

"After studying weather patterns, including cloud formation and precipitation, we came to the conclusion that an influx of systems

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