Monsoon fury wreaks havoc over northern India

Intense rainfall over the weekend has created havoc in north India, with rivers in spate, landslides in the mountains, water logging in the plains, and many deaths in rain-related incidents. The nationwide monsoon deficit may have been wiped out. Still, extreme rainfall events like these—an alarming annual regularity in India in the last decade—are the kind that climate scientists have been warning us for years now
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Published: Jul 11, 2023
A view shows the overflowing river Beas following heavy rains in Kullu district in the northern stat

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A view shows the overflowing river Beas following heavy rains in Kullu district in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, India, July 10, 2023.

A young man plays football at the waterlogged Sector 33 ground on July 9, 2023, in Noida, India.

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A young man plays football at the waterlogged Sector 33 ground on July 9, 2023, in Noida, India.

A civilian wearing a safety harness is helped to cross the Beas river during an evacuation drive by

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A civilian wearing a safety harness is helped to cross the Beas river during an evacuation drive by National Disaster Response Force personnel following heavy rains at Nagwain village, Himachal Pradesh, India, July 9, 2023.

A kid stays afloat on inundated streets of phase 11 Mohali after the heavy rain on July 9, 2023, in

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A kid stays afloat on inundated streets of phase 11 Mohali after the heavy rain on July 9, 2023, in Chandigarh, India.

Amused locals wade through a waterlogged road in Jaipur, Rajasthan, July 10, 2023.

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Amused locals wade through a waterlogged road in Jaipur, Rajasthan, July 10, 2023.

A commuter drives his car through a flooded road after heavy monsoon rains in Gurugram, Delhi NCR, o

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A commuter drives his car through a flooded road after heavy monsoon rains in Gurugram, Delhi NCR, on July 9, 2023.

A poster announcing the tv series ‘Monsoon-season of love’ looks over workers pumping ou

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A poster announcing the tv series ‘Monsoon-season of love’ looks over workers pumping out water from a flooded street in New Delhi, India, on July 9, 2023.