India endured extreme weather on 92% of days in the first nine months of 2026, a report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Down To Earth found. This period saw 3,220 fatalities, damage to 4.25 million hectares of crops, destruction of 128,334 houses, and the loss of 47,244 livestock.
Over the five years from 2022 to 2026, extreme weather caused more than 16,000 deaths and impacted 20.6 million hectares of crops. Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh recorded the highest number of extreme weather days, with Uttar Pradesh reporting the most deaths at 811.
Source: Down To Earth