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Monsoon officially ends in Pune, dams overflow
• Sep. 30, 2024, 8:17 PM ET (The Indian Express)
Gloucestershire: 'Monsoon' floods homes and shuts roads
• Sep. 27, 2024, 11:06 PM ET (BBC)
Monsoon finally begins retreat after delivering 5% excess rains over India; five regions still struggle with d
• Sep. 23, 2024, 8:04 PM ET (Business Insider India)
Monsoon Rains to Return with a Bang Across Maharashtra; Konkan-Goa Under Red Warning on September 24-25
• Sep. 23, 2024, 10:06 AM ET (The Weather Channel)
monsoon, a major wind system that seasonally reverses its direction—such as one that blows for approximately six months from the northeast and six months from the southwest. The most prominent monsoons occur in South Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific coast of Central America. Monsoonal tendencies also are apparent along the Gulf Coast of the United States and in central Europe; however, true monsoons do not occur in those regions. For further information on prominent monsoon regions, see Indian monsoon, West African monsoon, Malaysian-Australian monsoon, and North American monsoon. The primary cause of monsoons lies in different warming trends over ...(100 of 517 words)