Bangalore floods highlight how cities must adapt to climate change

Exceptionally dense monsoon rains person been exacerbated by mediocre municipality readying successful the Indian tech hub, showing the request for improved h2o systems

Environment 13 September 2022

By Lou Del Bello

Tractors and lorries successful the flooded streets of Bangalore, India

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Large swathes of Bangalore successful India are present submerged pursuing exceptionally dense monsoon rains. Experts accidental the floods person been exacerbated by mediocre municipality planning, highlighting however cities successful India and elsewhere request to accommodate arsenic clime alteration brings much utmost rainfall successful the future.

This week, boats and tractors could beryllium seen carrying commuters to enactment connected the waterlogged roads of the Karnataka authorities capital, portion hundreds of families had to beryllium evacuated. More than 120 of the city’s 210 …