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The southwest monsoon arrived in Maharashtra on Saturday, bringing showers in some coastal parts of the state.

How to protect Mumbai from future cyclones SECTIONS Share Synopsis Mumbai’s infrastructure that monitors weather systems also failed when called upon the most. The western coast has five doppler radars to track atmospheric developments — one each in Mumbai, Panjim, Bhuj, and two in Kerala, primarily to track the onset of the monsoon winds over mainland India. Agencies Increased prevalence of such cyclones originating in the Arabian Sea is attributed global warming, which warms oceans alone by 93%. Cyclone Tauktae, India’s first cyclone this year, swept up 168 lives barelling through the...

Raila Odinga and William Ruto in a photo taken in 2006. The Mt Kenya region is keenly watching whether a rumoured alliance between them can come to fruition. [File, Standard] The Mt Kenya region is keenly watching whether a rumoured alliance between Deputy President William Ruto and ODM party leader Raila Odinga can come to fruition. They are also keen to see what such an alliance would mean for regional interests. An alliance between the two men, both interested in succeeding President Uhuru Kenyatta, would most certainly shake the region’s political interests and its main selling point, ...

Firefighters across the region including the hotshots from station 7 to prescott, located 30 miles away jumped into action. the hotshots, a team of 20 sent into the heart of the fire, to cut a line on the eastern flank and save other homes. >> they're highly trained, highly skilled, their situational awareness is very high. for this crew, it's very difficult to imagine what happened. >> it was sunday afternoon, the hotshot crew was behind the fire line when like most afternoons a thunderstorm blew in. this one was different, it packed what the fire department calls monsoon winds. and the crew ...

Right now still a lot going on in arizona. people coming to grips with this terrible tragedy, and, you know, this town is really trying to move forward afterp an unimaginable loss, thomas. >> what are they saying about weather conditions as they get back out there? >> well, you know, yesterday there was some monsoon winds may have flared this up. right now, there's still hot, dry conditions, and the firefighters hope to be able to make some headway on this fire today. really it's anybody's guess right now. still 0% contained and really don't know when they're going to be able to get ahold of t...