<p>A boy takes shelter from the rain under his horse-cart on the banks of the Tawi river in Jammu</p><p><b>Monsoon rains were 39% above normal in the week to Sept. 7, strengthening from 18% above average in the previous week, two sources at the weather office said on Thursday.</b></p><p>The monsoon rains were three% above average since the start of the June-September season, in line with the weather office&#39;s latest forecast of a normal monsoon in 2011.</p>
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