Nepal, Oct. 6 -- This year, celebration of Nepal's biggest festival Dashain was affected by heavy rainfall across the country. While vehicular movements peak during the festive season, the losses due to monsoon-induced disaster incidents were minimal as compared to the monsoon last year, partially due to the somewhat accurate forecasting and improved disaster response. The Post's Biken K Dawadi interviewed senior divisional hydrologist at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) Binod Parajuli to discuss the limits and challenges to accurate rainfall and flood forecasting, modality of information dissemination and the reasons behind the improved response this year. Excerpts:

What are the current accuracies of the monsoon rainfal...