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The Trent and Mersey Canal breached its banks at Dutton after heavy rain in September, leaving a hole the size of 12 double decker buses in the side.
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And on top of that, September usually starts having some rain and burning potential going down.
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This figure may now be lower: torrential rain in late September drove many refugees down from the mountains, where they were sheltering under plastic sheeting and tarpaulins, into nearby towns.
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Last year, India received less rain in the first half of the June-September monsoon season than usual, hitting western India, which has endured a two year-long dry spell, particularly hard.
WSJ: Rains to Lash Drought-Hit Western India
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Last year, India received below-normal rain in the first half of the June-September monsoon season, and while it picked up in some areas from late August, large parts of west and south India didn't benefit.
WSJ: India Set For Normal Monsoon
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The June-September monsoon is significant for India's overall economy as most farmlands are rain-dependent and more than half of the country's workforce is employed in agriculture.
WSJ: India to Get Normal Monsoon Rains
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The shortage follows the driest August and September since 1873, according to Met Office figures, with only 27 mm of rain - just 23% of the average of 119 mm.
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Around 450m live off rain-fed agriculture, and this year's monsoon rains, which between June and September provide 80% of India's precipitation, have been the scantiest in decades.
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