Beating The Gods: India Will Spend $60 Million On A Supercomputer To Predict The Monsoon

By M H AHSSAN | INNIVE

After decades of statistical juggling, India is preparing to go hi-tech with weather forecast.

Millions of lives—119 million in the farming sector alone—are dependent on monsoon rains, which account for 70% of the precipitation the subcontinent receives every year. Correctly foretelling the monsoon has become all the more critical in recent times, with India suffering frequent and acute droughts.