Overview
- An analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth recorded extreme-weather signals on 331 days in 2025.
- More than 60 people died after an August 14 cloudburst triggered flash floods at Chishoti in Kishtwar during the Machail Mata Yatra.
- Punjab endured its worst flooding since 1988, with rivers Sutlej, Beas and Ravi overflowing, killing over 50 people and devastating crops and villages.
- Himachal Pradesh reported at least 69 deaths, 37 missing and 110 injured during monsoon cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides, with losses tallied in the thousands of crores.
- Cyclone Montha made landfall near Narasapuram in late October and Cyclone Ditwah struck in late November to early December, bringing damaging rains to Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and causing additional fatalities.