Normal life in Barisal region became paralyzed as mid to heavy downpour without intervals and gusty winds continued until this report due to stormy weather prevailing over the region since early Saturday night.

Barisal weather office recorded 80 millimeters rainfall in 10 hours since 6:00 am Saturday morning with 10 to 15 nautical mile wind speed per hour and 95%-100% humidity.

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JEYPORE: Fear is writ large on the faces of Koraput district with scattered rainfall leading to apprehensions of a poor harvest this kharif season.

Preliminary reports indicate that if the irrigation sources do not reach the farmers by October 20 there would be a crop loss of about 40 per cent.

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Narail town and its surrounding low lying areas were inundated due to heavy downpour.

Working class people are confined to their respective houses as they have no work. The sufferings of the destitute and slum dwellers know no bounds.

Though the Aman cultivators are happy for heavy rainfall, the owners of fish 'ghers' and the cultivators of monsoon crops are very much disappointed.

Days of heavy rains in Nicaragua have killed at least seven people who were dragged away by swollen rivers, and another four are missing, emergency services said on Thursday.

The torrential rains in the Central American nation, one of the poorest in the Americas, forced the evacuations of some 2,600 people, said civil defense head Mario Perez-Cassar.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 2008 edition of the South-West monsoon was weak over Kerala with 22 percent less rainfall than normal. The State received only 168 cm of rain from June to September, against the normal 214 cm, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The culvert over Hardajor nullah between Kegaon and Lanji in Golmunda block of Kalahandi district, which was washed away in heavy rains two years back.

New Delhi, October 3 With the monsoon withdrawing from most regions in the country, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the cumulative seasonal rainfall during June 1 to September 30 was near normal, recording 98 per cent of its long period average (LPA).