Word: monsoonal
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...Communists have explosively upset in the past, notably during Tet 1968. Even if Lam Son has slowed the Communist supply effort, it has done so only temporarily. If South Vietnamese forces do stay in Laos until mid-April, the Communists will still have several weeks to recoup before the monsoon completely closes the trail. To win this temporary advantage, the allies have paid dearly. Though the U.S. toll has been relatively light-69 dead or missing, 64 wounded, 73 helicopters destroyed-the South Vietnamese suffered considerable casualties. Saigon admits to 918 ARVN dead, but unofficial estimates put the toll closer...
...about Feb. 8, their announced mission was to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines in the area. U. S. officials clearly hoped that the South Vietnamese would be able to create a barrier through the area that would halt the flow of communist reinforcements and supplies until the monsoon rains begin in early...
Traffic down the trail always increases after the monsoon season ends in September or October. It reaches a peak from February to April, the last months when supplies can leave the north and still reach their destination before rains again make the roads impassable in May. This year the trail's cargo has become more vital than ever to the Communists. Since last March, they have been denied the use of the Cambodian port of Kompong Som, where some 75% of the war material for all of South Viet Nam used to be shipped by sea. Thus, except...
Their fears seemed realized last week. Monsoon rains poured down upon Malaysia, causing one of the worst floods in the country's history. At least 60 people were missing or dead, and 200,000 were stranded and threatened with starvation or drowning. Kuala Lumpur was cut off from the rest of Malaysia as the two rivers running through the capital overflowed, submerging most of the city under as much as twelve feet of water. While food and supplies were being flown in by helicopters from the Malaysian, Singapore, British and Australian air forces, Malaysia's Prime Minister...
...great upset of the evening was when the ever-unpopular Russian champ, Ivan Koloff, threw the much-loved Manchurian champ, Gorilla Monsoon, into the ropes for the count. The fans were visibly upset by the defeat of the reconstructed former villain...