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Bangladesh Has Longest Wait For Monsoon In 33 Years
Meteorologists in Bangladesh, which suffered the shortest winter in a decade, blamed global warming Wednesday for the country's most overdue monsoon in 33 years. "The monsoon set in on June 20, which is two weeks later than its normal arrival time," said Akram Hussain, director of the country's Meteorological Department. "Our records show that the last time the monsoon came so late was in 1972 when it arrived on June 14," Hussain said. The monsoon, which brings much-needed rain following the dry season across the subcontinent, normally sets in across the entire country by June 5, bringing heavy downpours. This year's monsoon was also unusual because it has not yet produced much rainfall, Hussain said, adding it followed a year of unusual weather patterns. "The pre-monsoon storms came a month earlier than usual and the winter was brief with a minimum temperature that was higher than normal. Rainfall for most of the year was also below average," he said. "We believe these adverse impacts are mostly due to global warming as our studies also have shown that the temperature is gradually rising in the country," he added. Earlier this year experts said the winter was the shortest in 10 years with seasonal rainfall also 60 percent below average. Winter in tropical Bangladesh normally starts December 1 and lasts until February 28. But this year meteorologists said winter was over by February 5. sa/har/sm All rights reserved. � 2004 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links TerraDaily Search TerraDaily Subscribe To TerraDaily Express 
NASA's Terra Satellite Watches Southern Asia Heat Wave Build
Greenbelt MD(SPX) Jun 22, 2005A pre-monsoon heat wave left India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh baking for much of June 2005. The heat wave, which started at the end of May, has claimed more than 200 lives in India alone, according to news reports, and has also caused deaths in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
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