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Published online 30 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061127-12
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Extreme monsoons on the rise in India
Rainfall events and floods are getting more intense.
India is having to cope with more frequent extreme weather events, and the densely populated subcontinent may see even more in future.
Extreme summer monsoon rains have become ever more common in central India during the past 50 years, probably as a result of global warming, Indian scientists report in this week's Science.
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