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For days, farmers in the Indian state of Punjab watched the pounding monsoon rains fall and the rivers rise with mounting apprehension. By Wednesday, many woke…

Schools in parts of Texas reopened their doors two months earlier than planned this summer. But the reason was tragic.They were transformed into “relief hubs” to…

Heavy monsoon rains have continued to pummel the Indian subcontinent over the past week, bringing devastating flooding and landslides and leaving hundreds of people dead in…

Among the missing are at least eight soldiers from a nearby army base.Rescue workers are battling heavy rain and blocked roads after at least four people…

A roundup of major events last week.

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.With summer heat domes slamming down on parts of the U.S. and hurricane season ramping up, you’ve…

A key emergency official was sick and asleep for most of the day before devastating flash flooding swept through Texas hill country and killed more than…

A Beijing city official has issued a rare public acknowledgment of official failings in the authorities’ response to the severe flooding that hit China’s capital this…

Floods have caused extensive damage in Beijing and northern China, killing 30 people and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. Main image: People wade through knee-high…

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The country watched in horror as torrential rain drenched Texas earlier this month,…