Floods in Pakistan: Pakistan has experienced heavier rain during the monsoon season leading to catastrophic flooding in the northern region of the country, which scientists have attributed to climate change. Although, the environmental turbulence has been going on for a while— sufficient protective measures are still not set in place. Heavy rains have led to flash floods and landslides that proved deadly.
At least 60 people died in flash floods in Pakistan in a single day, local officials said on Friday, adding to an ever-growing death toll this summer as South Asia battles with a devastating monsoon season. Most of the deaths on Friday occurred in Pakistan’s northwestern region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, while at least 10 other people were swept away in the neighboring Gilgit-Baltistan region, according to a regional government spokesman, Faizullah Faraq.
The study by World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming’s role in extreme weather, found that rainfall from June 24 to July 23 in the South Asian nation was 10% to 15% heavier because of climate change, leading to many building collapses in urban and rural Pakistan.
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Pakistan’s government has reported at least 300 deaths and 1,600 damaged houses due to the floods, heavy rain and other weather since June 26.
