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Pictures: 2019 India Southwest Monsoon by the numbers
By Eric Leister, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Published Oct 1, 2019 4:49 PM EDT
While this year's monsoon has not technically even started its withdrawal, it has already made history.
People navigate their way through a flooded street as it rains in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Incessant rainfall has resulted in flooding in many parts of the city, disrupting traffic movement and daily life in the city. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
The latest recorded start of the southwest monsoon withdrawal prior to this year was Oct. 1, 1961. This year's monsoon withdrawal is unlikely to begin until next week, making it Oct. 7 at the earliest.
Rescuers help people to cross a flooded area after a landslide caused by torrential monsoon rains in Meppadi in Wayanad district in the southern Indian state of Kerala, India, on Aug. 9, 2019. (REUTERS/Stringer)
Monsoon rainfall from June through September was 110 percent of normal. This is the highest seasonal total in 25 years and above-normal rainfall is expected to continue across the country as a whole for the next several weeks.
What makes that rainfall amount even more impressive is that for the month of June, the monsoon was at a 33% deficit compared to normal. This was erased and turned into a 10% surplus by the end of September.
People are rescued in a tractor from a flooded area following heavy rainfall in Patna, India, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Monsoon rains continue to batter parts of India, with dozens of people dying in the past 24 hours, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)
According to government data, more than 1,650 people lost their lives due to flooding and other weather-related incidents through September 29.
Maharashtra was the hardest hit state with 371 deaths reported.
A car is seen smashed against a tree on a waterbed after a flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains, near Palampur, about 50 km (30 miles) south of Dharmsala, India, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Tropical activity during the season included four tropical systems: a depression, a deep depression and two tropical cyclones, Vayu and Hikaa.
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