PROLOGUE: MUMBAI, 2014

PUNE: The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)’s first experimental real-time monsoon forecast for this year predicts delayed monsoon advancement over the country. Scientists said that consequently the first spell of rainfall will be inadequate and scantier than normal. They said a low pressure system over the Arabian Sea is absent . . .

The Times of India, May 21, 2014