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India puts its boots on in battle with capricious weather
Two more supercomputers and a suite of new radars will be installed to predict rain in a small geographical area
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Thu, Sep 7, 2017 · 09:50 PM
New Delhi
INDIA'S ability to predict the sort of devastating rainfall that struck Mumbai last week is set to get a major boost next year.
The heaviest rainfall since 2005 killed a dozen people in India's financial capital, disrupted stock and bond trading and halted a suburban train network that carries about eight million people a day. Local residents and civic authorities struggled to cope as most roads were submerged and commuters waded through waist-deep floodwater.
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