EnvironmentDownpours caused $3bn in losses in 2025, but adaptation efforts remain limitedA man walks through a flooded market in New Delhi on Sept. 5, 2025, after the water level of the Yamuna River rose due to heavy monsoon rains. © ReutersCHARU BAHRIJune 16, 2026 10:38 JSTRAJASTHAN, India -- A year after sustaining $3 billion in monsoon-related flooding damage, procedural delays and short-sighted urban and infrastructure planning have slowed India's path to greater resiliency in the face of the annual extreme rainfall, which is being made more intense by climate change.