Monsoon crisis deepens: Climate change threatens South Asia’s lifeline rains
South Asia’s monsoon rains have long been a lifeline, feeding agriculture, replenishing rivers, and sustaining over a billion people across India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. But in recent years, that lifeline has begun to look increasingly fragile. The same seasonal rains that once symbolized renewal now often bring devastation, flooding cities, destroying crops,…