What is a monsoon? A monsoon is a seasonal shift in the prevailing wind direction. These winds usually bring a different kind of weather. Monsoons are winds that blow onshore during the summer and blow offshore during the winter. They are mostly referred to as the Asian monsoon. It is a large region extending from India to southeast Asia which is where monsoon conditions are powerful.
Monsoons have the ability to bring millions of dollars of damage to the coastal cities they affect, a cost only outweighed by their detriment to human life. These Asian storms occur primarily during the Summer months and originate from the Southwest. As we are nearing the end of March, concerns are beginning to surface in southwestern Asia. “it does appear that the probability of a below-normal monsoon year in 2017 is higher than the probability of an above-normal year” said Chief Economist Sonal Varma from Nomura India. Despite Varma’s prediction, meteorologists are still unsure how this year’s El Nino conditions will affect the upcoming monsoon season.
The Guinness World Records states that the worst monsoon happened in Thailand from September through December. It happened in 1983. It caused 10,000 deaths. 15,000 people evacuated to other places. Up to 100,000 people got water-born diseases. This monsoon caused over more than 400 million dollars worth of damage.
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