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This tiny Indian village receives 5 times more rain than Mumbai every year, yet its residents have mastered the art of survival with ancient tricks smarter than modern techIn Mawsynram, the world's wettest village, residents have mastered living with relentless rain. Their ingenious 'knup' rain shields, crafte...- Heavy rains lash Meghalaya; landslide severs connectivity to Laitlyngkot villageMeghalaya is experiencing heavy rainfall, with Mawsynram recording a staggering 530 mm in 24 hours. A major landslide has completely blocke...
- No plastic or metal, only bamboo and palm leaves: Meghalaya’s 100-year-old umbrellas do not have a handle but can protect you from heavy rainsMeghalaya, India's wettest region, faces heavy monsoon rains. Locals have a unique solution: knups, hand-crafted rain shields made from bam...
- Monsoon alert for travellers: Heading to hill stations? Check's IMD rain warning for these statesMonsoon update: Southwest monsoon has arrived in Kerala, signalling the start of India's crucial four-month rainy season. Southern and west...
- Northeast India faces deadly floods and landslides: Over 30 reported dead, Assam and Arunachal among worst hitHeavy rains triggered by a depression over north Bangladesh and Meghalaya caused deadly landslides and floods across five northeastern stat...
- Meghalaya State Council address the need for framework to protect catchment areas from further degradationMeghalaya State Council on Climate Change & Sustainable Development discussed amendments to the Meghalaya Protection of Catchment Areas Act...
- Heavy rainfall lashes Meghalaya; deaths, landslides reportedIn East Jaintia Hills district, mudslides have cut off NH6 that connects Meghalaya with Silchar in eastern Assam, Mizoram and Tripura, poli...
- Meghalaya floods: CM Sangma writes to Union Home ministry seeking Rs 300 cr assistanceSangma along with Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui on Sunday inspected the damaged portion of the NH – 6 at Lum Shnong in East Jaintia Hills in...
- Mawsynram and Cherrapunji together get more rainfall in a day than entire country's average in JuneThe rains received both in Mawsynram and Cherrapunji is 30 times the amount of rainfall received by the entire country in June from the cur...
- Mawsynram, one of world's wettest places received record rains Friday, beating CherrapunjiThe highest rainfall was last recorded on June 7, 1966 with 945.4 mm for Mawsynram and during that year, the town gauged 4 days of record r...
- Cherrapunji logs 811.6 mm of rainfall in a day, highest in June in 27 yearsOne of the wettest places in the world, Cherrapunji has recorded more than 750 mm of precipitation on a June day on 10 occasions since the ...
- This summer, junk the holiday! Take a 'runcation' break insteadPlanning a vacation around a run or finding places and events to run in, is the latest trend in travel and fitness.
- Why the world's wettest place gets thirstyResidents of Mawsynram, a village in Meghalaya which gets a record-breaking 11,861 mm of rain a year, are used to clouds floating right int...
- Rain Museum and Research Centre to be set up at SohraSohra, erstwhile Cherrapunjee, will now have a Rain Museum and a Research Centre, as per the plans mooted by Meghalaya government.
- Celebrate the season of joy: Must-visit destinations this monsoonIndia wears a beautiful mask of beauty, serenity and tranquillity during the monsoon season be it a city, town or a rural area.
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