Heavy rains have battered India, China, and Pakistan in recent weeks, unleashing floods and landslides. Rising temperatures, altered monsoon patterns, and poor water management are worsening the crisis, leaving millions displaced and economies strained.

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• 30 killed in Jammu landslides, roads blocked in Himachal, Uttarakhand
• Ganga floods strand residents in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
• Rivers Tawi, Chenab, Basantar overflow in Jammu low-lying areas
• Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab worst hit
• China faces ₹1.84 lakh crore losses from two months of rains
• Pakistan reports more destruction than last year, evacuations ongoing
• Rising temperatures shifting monsoon trough southward
• Rajasthan, Gujarat get more rain, Northeast sees decline
• Evaporation from mountains, rivers driving intense downpours
• Climate change + deforestation, urbanisation worsening monsoon extremes
• Experts urge early warnings, restoring floodplains, sustainable planning