How can heavy rainfall create drought conditions?
It sounds strange, but this is becoming a dangerous reality in many parts of the world. When rain falls too heavily within a short period, most of the water quickly runs off the surface instead of slowly soaking into the ground. Rivers flood for a few days, but groundwater fails to recharge properly.
This means that after intense rainfall events, regions can still face water shortages, dry soils and agricultural stress just weeks later. Climate change is increasing this pattern by making rainfall more extreme and irregular. Instead of steady monsoon rains spread across weeks, many places now receive sudden cloudbursts followed by long dry spells.
The result is a paradox of modern climate geography… floods during the rainy season and drought during the same year. Farmers suffer crop loss, cities face water scarcity and ecosystems struggle to adapt to these unstable water cycles.
Too much rain at once can sometimes behave like no rain at all.
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