India’s erratic monsoon jeopardizes crop yields and strains power grid
India’s monsoon this year swung from the country’s fifth‑driest June to a week‑long deluge, leaving national rainfall about 24% below normal by mid‑July. Scientists say El Niño‑driven warming turns the atmosphere into a sponge that dumps water in bursts, jeopardising sowing cycles, rural incomes and pushing urban power demand to the brink.