NEW DELHI, Aug. 23 -- Flash floods have been reported from hilly regions in India's north this month. While the loss of lives due to rains has been relatively small in metros such as Delhi and Mumbai, and often resulted from electrocution, building collapse, or infrastructure failure, these cities have also seen rain-related deaths this month. This might lead one to believe that the rains in the 2025 monsoon season - the season runs officially from June to September - are extreme. This is the case for the regions where disasters have struck, but the overall amount of intense rainfall in the country or the expanse of such rainfall is not, an HT analysis shows. Here's how.

Country-level trends in the amount of intense rain can be assessed ...