In Himachal, this monsoon will go down as one of the wettest ever. Already, the state has seen over 46 per cent more than normal rainfall this season.

Against the normal rainfall of 692 mm it receives till mid-September, the hill state has already recorded 1,010 mm rainfall. It’s much higher than the state normally receives in the entire monsoon, around 734mm.

Just like the months of July and August, September is also witnessing rainfall in large excess. From September 1-16, the state has received 194mm rainfall against the normal rainfall of 78.3mm, which translates to 148 per cent higher than normal rainfall.

No wonder, several parts of the state continue to see extreme-weather events like landslides and flash floods even at the fag end of the monsoon. In August, the state had receive

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