1.   The river is benign now but will turn into a threatening torrent when the monsoons begin in early summer.

2.   If India does not act by the end of this month, when the monsoons begin, military action would become more complicated.

3.   Semantics aside, the summer monsoon begins around the end of June or the beginning of July when prevailing winds shift and blow from the humid tropics.

4.   The monsoon has begun in Phoenix.

5.   The monsoon officially began in southeast Arizona on Friday, and true to form, a thunderstorm rolled over Tucson on Sunday dumping nearly an inch of rain.

6.   A daily power cut could be lifted as quickly as two days after the monsoon begins, said Gemunu Abayasekera, deputy general manager of the Ceylon Electricity Board.

7.   Although monsoon rains have began in southern India this week, the clouds would take three weeks to reach the northern states and break the hot spell.

8.   KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - The dry weather condition is expected to worsen and slight haze may occur as the southwest monsoon begins to set in.

9.   Monsoons usually begin in the last week of May, but delays of up to two weeks are common.

10.   The meteorological office said the haze would prevail until the northeast monsoon begins next month.