The wettest place on Earth
Meghalaya, the Northeast Indian state home to two of the wettest places on Earth, includes the village of Mawsynram, officially the rainiest place on the planet. Staggeringly, it receives almost 12 metres of rainfall annually.
Yet despite playing host to such unmatched downpours, Mawsynram’s record doesn’t translate into a plentiful water supply for its villagers. Erratic weather patterns caused by climate change have produced both floods and drought within a single area.
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