Tropical Monsoons: The Season of Rains

2. To release from a restraint; to cause a strong force to be released.
7. Dangerously likely to fall or collapse; uncertain and insecure.
10. To overwhelm with things or people to be dealt with; to flood.
12. The amount of water vapor in the air.
13. An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water.
14. The long-term average weather conditions in a particular location.
15. The mountain range that acts as a colossal barrier, trapping moisture over the Indian subcontinent.
18. A seasonal prevailing wind in South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the sea in summer and from the land in winter.
19. A change to an opposite direction, policy, or course of action.

1. A great flood of water or an overwhelming amount of something.
3. Preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss.
4. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
5. An instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or aspects.
6. Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
8. A short period of rest or relief from something difficult.
9. Being a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing.
11. A fact or situation that is observed to exist, especially one whose cause is in question.
14. To change from a gas or vapor to a liquid.
16. The indispensable factor or force that gives something its strength and vitality.
17. Describing rain falling rapidly and in copious quantities.