The potent haze lying over the entire Indian subcontinent --from Sri Lanka to Afghanistan -- has led to some erratic weather, sparking flooding in Bangladesh, Nepal and northeastern India, but drought in Pakistan and northwestern India.

• 这一大片黑压压的烟雾笼罩了从斯里兰卡到阿富汗的整个印度半岛，导致了该地区气候反常，造成的直接恶果是孟加拉、尼泊尔和印度东北部洪水泛滥，相反巴基斯坦和印度西北部却是大旱成灾。