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Explain the terms loo, mango showers and Kalbaisakhi.
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Answer
The loo is a hot, dry and dusty wind that blows over northern India in May and June. Mango showers are pre-monsoon showers in Kerala and coastal Karnataka that help the mango crop to ripen. Kalbaisakhi are violent evening thunderstorms of Bengal and Assam in April and May, useful for tea, jute and rice.
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Explanation
All three belong to the hot weather season before the monsoon breaks.
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