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Jan 25, 2024...
Characterized by heavy flooding lasting from June to September – roughly one-third of the year – India’s summer monsoon system is the world’s most prominent. This devastating weather event affects the lives of over one-sixth of the world’s population; in 2018 in Kerala, for example, more than 400 people died and millions more were displaced in a single series of floods.
A new study, led by Dr. Shira Raveh-Rubin of Weizmann’s Earth and Planetary Sciences Department and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Deepika Rai, suggests that monitoring dry air may be the key to improving flood warnings.