Predicting the timings can help protect people and guide crop plantings, irrigation and hydropower generation.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/climate-change-disrupts-timing-river-floods-europe-study
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/daily-news-analysis-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crops
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation