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How a poor monsoon can induce farmers to adopt direct seeding of rice, instead of transplanting and flooding of fields.

Death toll, even in the most powerful cyclones, has come down to double digits, at worst.

Last week, the World Meteorological Organisation said the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold was likely to be breached, at least temporarily, over the next five years. It also said that at least one of the next five years was almost certain to become the warmest year on record.

Experts blame climate change for the latest heatwave and note the more frequent extreme weather will only worsen in years to come.