Heavy rains have led to some of the worst flooding and landslides in decades in large parts of Northern India.
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FILE - Household goods are strewn around next to buildings damaged by flash floods in Chositi village, Kishtwar district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aug. 15, 2025. – Relentless monsoon rains have unleashed some of the worst flooding and landslides in decades across northern India, killing at least 90 people and displacing hundreds of thousands in recent weeks, government officials said. India’s Himalayan Mountain states and territories such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, as well as Punjab state, are among the worst affected. India’s capital city, New Delhi, and nearby regions have been hit by. Thousands have been moved to safer ground as city officials said the Yamuna River in the city has breached danger levels.In Punjab state, which is home to more than 30 million people and one of India’s key agricultural regions, farmers said crops and livestock have been destroyed. State government officials said at least 30 people have died and 300,000 impacted by heavy rains and floods. Surinder Singh, a farmer in Punjab’s Kapurthala district, said his 10 acres of farmland has been underwater since Aug. 11 in one of the areas that has been hardest hit by flooding. “We have lost paddy, maize, and wheat crops worth over 700,000 rupees . Children had to be moved to safer villages. The government visits, but we have received little help so far,” he said.for the monsoon’s unpredictability, which has led to the heavy rains in August and these conditions are expected to persist for the next few weeks, according to experts. The South Asian region, which is among the world’s most densely populated and also among the most vulnerable to climate impacts,Indian cities and villages equally affected by rain and floods Earlier this week, an eight-hour traffic jam paralyzed a highway between New Delhi and the neighboring city, Gurugram, after floodwaters submerged roads. Officials said annual average rainfall levels have already been crossed and residents have “We have moved to these tents for now as our homes have been submerged in water. This is just like theIn India’s Himalayan Mountain regions, large-scale destruction has resulted from heavy rains, floods and cloudbursts, which are intense rains occurring over a small area.“This is the second time this month our fields have been flooded,” said Fayaz Ahmad, a 70-year-old farmer living on the outskirts of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. “We saw extreme heat this year, and now water keeps entering our homes and farms after just a few days of rain. Something has changed. It was never like this in my youth.”Experts say human-caused climate change is intensifying South Asia’s monsoons, which traditionally run from June to September and again from October to December. The rains, once predictable, now arrive in erratic bursts that dump extreme amounts of water in short periods, followed by dry spells.than pre-industrial times,” said Anjal Prakash, author of several United Nations climate reports and professor at Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business. “The intensity and frequency of such extreme rainfall events will only increase. This is the new normal.” Rapid urbanization, deforestation, and poorly planned infrastructure have worsened flooding, Prakash said. “Natural drainage systems have been destroyed. Rivers are mismanaged. When intense rainfall coincides with such vulnerabilities, disasters like these become inevitable," Prakash said. Akshay Deoras, a meteorologist at the University of Reading, United Kingdom, said rainfall extremes can occur because of local weather conditions or large-scale weather conditions, but climate change is just intensifying them. “If the rainfall is uniformly distributed, you will not get that much of an impact," said Deoras, who has tracked Indian weather systems for more than a decade."But if that rainfall happens, let’s say in a couple of hours or even, for example, the entire month’s rainfall happens in a few days, that is just going to create problems. And that’s exactly what we are seeing.” Climate experts said smart planning and rebuilding in climate-vulnerable regions must include accounting for multiple risks, installing early warning systems, preparing local communities for disasters and, when needed, relocating infrastructure. In 2024 alone, there were 167 disasters in Asia, which was the most of any continent, according to the Emergency Events Database maintained by the University of Louvain, Belgium. The storms, floods, heat waves and earthquakes led to losses of over $32 billion, the researchers found. Countries need to do more to plan for such events in the future, as their frequency will only increase, Deoras said. “Right now, in India, there is no clear vision as to how things could be handled in the future,” he said.The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’sCopyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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