Maps by Zach Levitt and Jeremy White. Oct. 4, 2022 Like all of India’s tens of millions of small farmers whose lives depend on the annual monsoon, Bhagwat Gagre keeps a firm eye on the sky.

Clouds start to build in the early afternoon and the air becomes sweet with the promise of rain. The monsoon season is ...

A report by the World Meteorological Organization, published in 2021, said they jumped to $12.5 billion in 2010-19, more than double the average of the preceding three decades. And experts say ...