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South Asia’s record-breaking weather set to worsen as climate change brings more dangerous monsoon seasons
Shatadeepa is familiar with the heavy rain that heralds monsoon season in the Indian town of Silchar, but this year she has witnessed flooding like no other.
Last month, as one side of India’s north faced a heatwave with the hottest temperatures on record, Shatadeepa’s hometown in the east was dealing with unseasonable and devastating flooding.
- Avani Dias & Som Patidar
- ABC News
Now Silchar has been inundated again, this time with what has been described as the worst flooding in a …