Goa, July 23 -- Satellite imagery has revealed a spectacular monsoon rain band stretching between 7,000 and 10,000 kilometres from north India across the Himalayas, China and up to South Korea, marking one of the most active phases of the 2026 southwest monsoon. Meteorologists say the enormous cloud formation is a monsoon convergence zone, created when moisture-laden winds from the Indian Ocean interact with weather systems across Asia.

The weather pattern has triggered widespread rainfall across India, with the country receiving nearly 170-180 per cent of its normal daily monsoon rainfall over the past two days. Experts described the spell as the wettest period of the season so far, with precipitation significantly above the climatologi...