The analogues were warning of an unsettled August was back at the beginning of the year. This was to analogue of years since 1950 when a weak La Nina became a weak El Nino during the spring and summer months, Notice the trough over the UK indicating an unsettled, westerly flow. Also

BBC news are reporting "Deadly SE Asia floods affecting 16 million people". Here's the precipitation anomaly during the month from 16th July to 16th August 2017. It clearly shows how much heavy rain has fallen across NE India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, causing such excessive seasonal flooding. Not the use of the