Wettest Palace on Earth

Mawsynram is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India, 65 kilometers from Shillong. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres. According to the Guinness Book of World Records Mawsynram received 26,000 millimetres of rainfall in 1985. Every winter the people of Mawsynram spend months preparing for the wet season ahead, anticipating nonstop rain and no sunshine for several days at a time. They repair their battered roofs. They cut and hoard firewood -- a source of light and fuel for cooking. They buy and store foodgrains, since few will venture out to shop during the wettest months between May and July.

Three reasons for high rainfall at Mawsynram

What causes heavy rainfall?

Heavy rain is caused by the condensation of large amount of water vapour into clouds, produce large water droplets. Besides nature disasters such as hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons etc. As the hurricanes form over water, water vapour from the water surface are gradually being lifted up into the atmosphere through the help of latent heat, since warm air rises. These wind storms bring with them all the storm clouds and dump them onto land when the winds slow down.