1.   El Nino delays seasonal monsoons needed to douse wildfires blanketing Southeast Asia in smoke.

2.   However, other parts of the island are experiencing heavy rain from seasonal monsoons.

3.   In Southeast Asia, weather forecasters said seasonal monsoon rains were likely to continue for much of this month, raising fears of further flooding.

4.   In recent days, the first showers of seasonal monsoons have thinned the haze in some areas.

5.   Meantime, the seasonal monsoon rains have hit the coast of southern India, bringing some respite.

6.   Meteorologists say the El Nino weather phenomenon has stopped seasonal heavy monsoon rains, resulting in drought.

7.   Meteorologists blame the El Nino weather phenomenon for preventing seasonal monsoon rains from falling in many areas.

8.   Meteorologists have blamed the weather phenomenon El Nino for keeping seasonal heavy monsoon rains from falling.

9.   Meteorologists blame the drought on El Nino, a weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, and warn that seasonal monsoon rains could be delayed for weeks.

10.   Meteorologists have blamed the weather phenomenon El Nino for stopping the usual seasonal heavy monsoon rains.