Monsoon floods in India’s Assam state have killed 50 people and displaced 700,000 after the Brahmaputra River overflowed, submerging 872 villages across 16 districts.
What Happened Torrential monsoon rains swept across northern and northeastern India over the weekend of July 19-20, 2026, triggering flash floods and landslides that killed at least 25 people. The India monsoon floods 2026 hit hardest in the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir, where 15 people died in the border districts of Poonch and … Read more
Half the people on Earth owe their water, their food, and their way of life to how monsoons work, a seasonal wind shift that most of us never think about until it fails to arrive. Every summer, a continent-sized engine fires up over South Asia. The land bakes under the sun, air rises, and a … Read more
Western wildfires are burning earlier and hotter in 2026, fueled by the same massive heat dome that is now scorching 170 million Americans. In a single weekend, 14 new fires ignited across the West, and the Iron Fire in Utah alone has consumed more than 40,000 acres. In Simple Terms: A human-caused spark on a … Read more
India’s monsoon rains are 43 percent below average, threatening food security for over 600 million people. Here is the science behind the weak 2026 season and the El Nino connection.