From the remote mountain villages of eastern Afghanistan to the tourist campsites of northwestern China, an extraordinary wave of extreme rainfall is tearing through Asia, killing hundreds, displacing millions and laying bare the accelerating consequences of human-caused climate change.

In Afghanistan, ten days of unrelenting rain collapsed homes built from stone and mud in Dur Baba district, leaving at least 31 people dead and hundreds missing. In Bangladesh, the city of Chattogram recorded a staggering 412.3mm of rainfall in just 24 hours in early July — an all-time record — triggering flash floods that swept through the Banshkhali district. Jesmin Akter, a mother of six, carried her children through chest-deep water to safety, losing her home, crops, poultry and possessions overnight.