1.   And the monsoon has finally arrived in Malaysia and Singapore, the nations that suffered the most from the smoke.

2.   Unless the monsoons arrive immediately, more are likely to perish.

3.   Indonesian forecasters have predicted that monsoons will arrive in November.

4.   Monsoons normally arrive in southern India in early June, and in the rest of the country over subsequent weeks.

5.   On Monday, the agency predicted that the monsoons would arrive in force by mid-October and that the haze would be washed from skies by November.

6.   This could continue until the monsoons arrive in October.

7.   Record temperatures have been beaten in some places, but the monsoons have also arrived on the southern coast three days ahead of time.

8.   The monsoon normally arrives over India in early June and lasts through September.