The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday forecast above-normal rainfall for September, warning that this could trigger more landslides, cloudbursts, and flash floods across northern India. Rainfall is expected to exceed 109% of the long-term average over the next two months. Northwest India, including Delhi and the Himalayan belt, just recorded its wettest August since 2001. The upcoming weeks, the IMD says, could bring “episodic occurrences” of extreme events, prompting authorities to be on high alert.
