monsoon flooding
Rainy season overflow
Monsoon flooding occurs when seasonal monsoon rains overwhelm drainage systems, rivers, and land.
Monsoons bring intense, sustained rainfall to South and Southeast Asia, and the resulting floods can devastate crops, displace millions, and reshape landscapes.
The term applies both to the natural phenomenon and to specific disaster events: Monsoon flooding in Bangladesh left thousands homeless.
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- rainWater dropping from clouds
- wet seasonProlonged rainy period
- surgeSudden powerful increase
rising waters · water level · submerged · mudslide · river · overflow · displacement · humanitarian aid · relief efforts · evacuation · emergency shelter · devastation · tropical · India · Bangladesh · seasonal · torrent · waterlogged
- BangladeshBangladesh, Dhaka, Chittagong, Bangla, Sundarbans
- farm disasterscrop failure, crop blight, failed harvest, drought, locust plague
- Terailowlands, plains, floodplains, rice paddies, rice paddy
- Tonle Sapfloating villages, fisheries, fishing communities, fishing boats, stilt houses
- GangesGanges, Ganges River, Ganges Delta, Varanasi, Benares
- wetlandsswamp, swamps, marsh, marshes, marshland
monsoon floodingdrought
Prolonged water scarcity
water scarcity · desiccation · aridity · water shortage · parched land
monsoon, flooding, flood, floods, flooded, floodwater, floodwaters, floodplain, floodgate