More than 20 people were killed Wednesday in torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan, where weeklong downpours have swept away villages and left more than

More than 20 people have died in a fresh spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, the country’s disaster management agency said today. Torrential

With villages swept away and Pakistan’s largest city assailed by monsoon floods, climate change has brought a catastrophic new normal to the country.

Rescuers struggled to retrieve bodies from muddy debris on Saturday after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 344 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said.

Heavy monsoon rains have boosted India’s reservoirs, setting hydropower output on course to rise about 10% in FY26, after a similar gain in FY25. The surge enhances grid stability, though heavy silt from torrential rains poses risks to turbine operations.

Ample monsoon rainfall in India has helped replenish water in key reservoirs, improving prospects for winter-sown crops such as wheat and rapeseed that mostly rely on dams and groundwater for irrigation.

Ahmedabad is expected to experience another wet spell this week, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a heavy rainfall warning for the city until Saturday. The forecast predicts thunderstorms with rain from 19 to 23 August,

A commuter train is stalled on a flooded railway track in Mumbai. Passengers get off and leave, frustrated by the disruption.