Monsoon

Deaths from heavy monsoon rise to nearly 140 in eastern India

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the current monsoon has been the heaviest since 1994, classifying it "above normal", and this year's season has been longer than usual.

At least 113 die in India monsoon rains

Heavy rains have killed at least 100 people in India's Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states triggering floods and forcing people to flee. With more rain predicted, weather experts say September could end as the wettest in more than a hundred years.

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India floods kill more than 270, displace one million

Heavy rains in parts of four Indian states – Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat – have forced more than 1.2 million people to leave their homes, mostly for government-run relief camps.

Monsoon rains cause 17 deaths in Pakistan

At least seven people died from electrocution and three others died after a roof collapsed in Karachi whereas another five people died in a flash flood and another two were electrocuted in Punjab province.

Bangladesh flood death toll climbs to 104

Most victims were drowned but others were killed by landslides, snake bites and lightning strikes, officials say.

Lightning storm kills 20 in eastern India

More than 50 people died after being struck by lightning in the month of July, including over 30 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

At least 180 dead as monsoon pummels South Asia

Floods sweeping away houses and triggering landslides force millions from homes across India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Heavy rains in India kill 30, cripple financial capital

Authorities expected more rains on Tuesday as two days of downpour flooded roads and disrupted rail and air traffic in the financial capital Mumbai.

Parts of southern India facing acute water shortages

Tamil Nadu's State Rural Development Minister says the drought follows a 62 percent shortfall in monsoon rains last year compared to 2017.

India's flood-hit Kerala faces huge clean-up, fear of disease

The worst floods in a century in the Indian state of Kerala have killed hundreds of people and forced hundreds of thousands into relief camps.

In pictures: six states affected by monsoon rains in India

More than 500 people have died in monsoon floods and rains across India.