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When the wet season occurs during the warm season, or summer, precipitation falls mainly during the late afternoon and early evening hours.

The wet season is a time when air quality improves, freshwater quality improves, and vegetation grows significantly, leading to crop yields late in the season.

Floods cause rivers to overflow their banks, and some animals to retreat to higher ground.

Soil nutrients diminish and erosion increases.

The incidence of malaria increases in areas where the rainy season coincides with high temperatures.

Animals have adaptation and survival strategies for the wetter regime.

Unfortunately, the previous dry season leads to food shortages into the wet season, as the crops have yet to mature.