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Explain the impact of tropical cyclones and western disturbances on the climate of India.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Physical Setting

These two systems are opposites in every respect — one tropical and thermally driven, the other extratropical and dynamically steered — yet between them they supply the rainfall that the monsoon does not.

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  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Origin and season
  • Climatic impact
  • The destructive dimension
  • Western Disturbances
  • Origin and track
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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