Some tribes in the borderlands are buying guns and ammunition in preparation for battles they expect to be fought in December, when the cattle will be strong enough, after the rains, to be marched off by raiders into enemy territory.
Agriculture, which was expected to prop up the rest of the economy, is looking feebler after the late rains.
Cereal prices surged 17%, while sugar leapt 12% to new highs in July from the previous month after rains hampered sugarcane harvesting in Brazil, the world's largest producer.
It appeared Bangladesh would bear the brunt of the storm, only months after monsoon rains brought misery across much of the country.
Some of this flows from a late 1990s revival, after good rains and the start of a booming cotton irrigation industry.
The road was closed after the River Ouse flooded during recent heavy rains, with water in the area reaching a depth of 1.35m (4.5ft) in places.
Some states, like Georgia, may have less pollen after days of flooding rains, but the extra dampness is the perfect climate for mold, a major fall allergy, Dr. Piltch says.
Some flooding also was reported in North Carolina, where 13, 000 utility customers were reported without power Thursday after high winds and heavy rains swept toward the coast.
Much of Kaziranga national park, home to nearly two-thirds of the world's remaining one-horned rhinos, has been flooded for the second time in three months after heavy rains.
The problem is acute in the southern state of Kerala, as well as Maharashtra, in the country's west, which after two years of poor rains is experiencing its worst drought in four decades.
Police in Ghana have arrested the owner of an illegal gold mine which collapsed on Sunday after heavy rains, burying large numbers of miners.
Mozambique has started to evacuate some 55, 000 people after heavy rains caused sea levels to rise to dangerous levels in parts of the country, officials say.
The result is growing desperation for two millions Somalis whose livelihood has been wiped out after two years of failed rains.
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