monsoon
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We set off during the blissfully uncrowded and surprisingly appealing monsoon season in August.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Dr. Pepin pointed to events in Pakistan this summer, when intense monsoon storms combined with extreme mountain rainfall.
From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026
In Mumbai, the financial capital, citizens staged a rare protest against worsening pothole problem, as clogged sewage lines dumped garbage onto flooded roads during the extended monsoon.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
While the annual monsoon season often brings heavy rain to Indonesia, this month's deluge was among the worst disasters to strike Sumatra since a magnitude-9.1 earthquake triggered a massive tsunami in 2004.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
But in early May, we hoped, the approach of the monsoon from the Bay of Bengal would force the jet stream north into Tibet.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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