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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri Aug 09 2002 - 06:10:45 EDT

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"NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) -- Indian Farm Minister Ajit Singh said on
Thursday that drought had engulfed nearly the entire country and was the
worst in more than 15 years.
The monsoon accounts for 80 percent of the country's annual rain. So far
during this monsoon, India has received 30 percent less rainfall than
normal while in 1987 Singh said rainfall was 24 percent below normal. The
drought has hit reservoir levels with water in the 70 main reservoirs at 18
percent full capacity. Water storage levels are running at 45 percent of
last year's and stand at 40 percent of the average of the last 10 years."

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WEATHER/08/08/india.drought.reut/index.html

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