Most of India’s crucial rain is brought by the summer monsoon, which falls, with luck, in just a few weeks between June and September.

基本上印度最主要的降雨都是由夏季季风带来的。 即使在好的年节，这些雨水也只集中在六月和九月之间的一小段时间里。

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An unidentified man carries an umbrella as he walks in the rain past Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City, Friday morning September 27, 1985.

在1985年9月27日星期五的早晨，一位无名先生撑伞走过著名的第五大道萨克斯百货公司。

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In a good year the city might get more than a metre of rain between July and September, but last year the figure was only 700mm.

在好的年份里，这座城市的7月和9月间能够有超过1升的降雨量，但去年降雨量是700毫升。

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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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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.

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