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Summary of the research article published in the RMetS International Journal of Climatology

As part of the larger-scale Asian monsoon, the monsoon over India is formed due to intense solar heating in late spring as the solar maximum moves north from the equator. 

Summary of weather around the world during May and June 2019

The southern Indian state of Kerala has been devastated by floods since early June 2018.

Whilst the UK is in the middle of a prolonged period of relatively warm and dry weather, the weather elsewhere in Europe has been more varied, with unseasonable rain and snow.

More than a third of Bangladesh and Nepal, and large areas of India have been hit with the worst flooding in years