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How India is battling deadly rain storms as climate change bites
Intense monsoonal rains caused catastrophic flooding in Kerala, India, during August 2018. Credit: Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty
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Nature 614, 210-213 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00341-5
Additional reporting by Neelima Namboodiri.
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