for example, while both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have a surplus of over 30%. The overall trends for the season so far described above suggest that this is largely a rainy northeast monsoon.

Forecasters are predicting humid conditions to continue across the Top End for at least another week, with the monsoon to potentially arrive in early February. It's official: the onset of the ...

For months, people across the Northern Territory's Top End have been sweltering through sauna-like conditions, going "troppo" as they wait eagerly for the monsoon to wash away the stifling heat.