Many routes into the hill country became impassable during the annual monsoon, and malaria was rife.

A third, sometimes two thirds, of the country floods during the annual monsoons.

This region was affected by annual monsoons that came about each winter when cooler winds and wind reversal occurred.

The downpours broke a dry spell that had delayed the annual monsoon and had caused deaths and extreme hardship, particularly in rural areas.

Bangladesh's annual monsoon for 2007 started with unusually heavy rain, intensified by a storm from the Bay of Bengal on June 9-June 10, 2007.

In July 2003 an intense rain band associated with the annual Asian monsoon tracked across central Nepal, triggering 14 fatal landslides that killed 85 people.

It was now nearly 3:45 in the morning, at the tail end of the annual monsoon, however, and Khan and his party appeared to have the place to themselves.

Pools beneath the falls hold water year-round, although swimming is best during or just after the annual monsoon.

However annual monsoons serve to flush and refresh its waters.

Up until the 1960s, the annual monsoon brought flooding and fish into the area.