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Its raining cats and dogs takes on a new meaning in the Himalayan monsoon. When the rains simply don't stop for weeks on end, maybe the cats and dogs need to be replaced by larger animal beings! A melange of rainy season storminess, monsoon clouds and rains, powerful gusting winds, lightning and thunder in the Himalaya, during the north-west monsoon season in India. A profusion of hail stones and hail storms too, all a result of changing climatic and weather patterns, commonly clubbed by us anthropogenic climate change. Monsoon brings a complete makeover to the forests in the Himalayas. Persistent misty weather with dewdrops on the leaves of the tree. The dewdrops on the cobwebs look like ornaments of the forest. Himalayan forests are a must-visit during the monsoon season in India. Wildfi
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