A group of researchers has been working to demonstrate that rainfall from India's summer monsoon can set off a powerful ...

Across India, torrential rains over the past few months have swallowed an entire village in the Himalayas, flooded Punjab’s farmlands.

MUMBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Indian farmers have accelerated the planting of summer-sown crops, such as paddy, soybean, cotton, and corn, following above-average monsoon rainfall in July that came ...

Each summer, the thousand or so families living in a floodplain informal settlement on the edge of Kathmandu brace themselves ...

How extreme rainfall days within India change with the El Nino-La Nina cycle. Blue shades mean extreme rain is more likely, and brown shades mean less likely, during El Nino summers compared to La ...

By Rajendra Jadhav DHARASHIV, India (Reuters) -Indian farmers' hopes for bumper crops following this year's abundant monsoon ...

The Indian monsoon, while a much-awaited relief from summer heat, brings unique challenges for homeowners, especially when it ...

In ancient Vedic texts, Indra, the king of the gods, battles the vicious monster Vritra who has swallowed all the water in the world and left the people starving without rain for their crops. Armed ...

The bad news for India is scrawled across the scorching sky. Not a speck of monsoon clouds has been spotted over much of north and northwestern India for weeks, and the meteorological office has ...

A few weeks ago, New Delhi was a very thirsty city. The monsoon was late, and the city’s water supply was low. Government tanker trucks delivering water to parched neighborhoods were bombarded by ...