India, March 18 -- The warming trend across the world, leading to heavy rainfall in many places, including India; and variability in rainfall often causing flood condition should be seen as an opportunity to improve capabilities in water storage and management, said R Krishnan, director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.

The scientist made the observation during a press meet at the opening day of the Eighth International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-8) at the institute. The four-day event is organised by IITM, Pune; ministry of earth sciences, World Weather Research Programme's (WWRP) working group on tropical meteorology research and India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The workshop will be focusing on "Advancing th...