{"id":256256,"date":"2023-08-16T19:17:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=256256"},"modified":"2023-08-16T19:17:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:47:44","slug":"kerala-likely-to-face-drought-due-to-deficit-monsoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kerala-likely-to-face-drought-due-to-deficit-monsoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala likely to face drought due to deficit monsoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cKerala likely to face drought due to deficit monsoon\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0published in <\/span><b>The Hindu on 16th August 2023.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kerala is facing a potential drought-like condition with the monsoon deficit widening.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why does Kerala might face a potential drought-like condition?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Lack of Monsoon Rainfall: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The southwest monsoon has been much weaker than expected, with only 56% of the normal rainfall received between June and August. This has raised concerns about water scarcity, especially considering low reservoir levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Kerala has witnessed deficient monsoon only 14 times since 1901, with the last one in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Low Reservoir Levels: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reservoirs managed by the Kerala State Electricity Board are at only 37% of their total capacity, far lower than the previous year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Impact of El Nino: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Ni\u00f1o, a climate phenomenon, is contributing to the poor monsoon.Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific are exceeding El Ni\u00f1o thresholds which is likely to continue until early 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Additionally, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is currently neutral, further impacting monsoon conditions in Kerala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Among<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the 15 El Ni\u00f1o years India witnessed since 1951, only five El Ni\u00f1o years (1965, 1972, 1987, 2002, and 2015) affected the State.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cKerala likely to face drought due to deficit monsoon\u201d \u00a0published in The Hindu on 16th August 2023.\u00a0 What is the News? Kerala is facing a potential drought-like condition with the monsoon deficit widening. Why does Kerala might face a potential drought-like condition? Lack of Monsoon Rainfall: The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kerala-likely-to-face-drought-due-to-deficit-monsoon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kerala likely to face drought due to deficit monsoon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-256256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}