There Is A Place Where It Has Been Raining Almost Non-Stop For Centuries

One spot on Earth gets so much rainfall that living there means rethinking everything.

Complaining about a wet weekend? There are places on Earth where relentless rain is not a rare misfortune but the ordinary backdrop to daily life.

In some of the wettest regions in the world, staggering amounts of rain fall each year, drenching the landscape for months on end during long and powerful monsoon seasons.

People in these areas adapt in ingenious ways, from woven waterproof coverings worn on the back to bridges grown over generations from the living roots of trees to survive the floods.

It is a reminder of just how differently our planet treats different corners of itself. What you would call a once-in-a-decade downpour is simply another ordinary morning somewhere else.