Pakistan records its wettest April since 1961 with above average rainfall
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan records its wettest April since 1961 with above average rainfall

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has recorded its wettest April since 1961, with more than double the usual rainfall for the month, the national weather center said. Last month’s rainfall for Pakistan was a 164% increase from the usual level for April, according to a report published Friday by Pakistan’s national weather center. Devastating summer floods in 2022 killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes, wiped out swaths of farmland, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses in a matter of months. Pakistani leaders and many scientists worldwide blamed climate change for the unusually early and heavy monsoon rains.

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Death toll rises to 156 as weeks of heavy monsoon rains wreak havoc in Pakistan
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Death toll rises to 156 as weeks of heavy monsoon rains wreak havoc in Pakistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The death toll from nearly six weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan has risen to 156, officials said Thursday, as downpours continued in much of the country, inundating some villages and causing landslides. More than 1,800 homes have been damaged since July 1, when the monsoon rains began, the National Disaster Management Authority said. Nearly …

Pakistan’s cultural capital sees record rainfall, flooding streets and affecting daily life
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan’s cultural capital sees record rainfall, flooding streets and affecting daily life

Associated Press  

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan’s cultural city of Lahore saw record-high rainfall early Thursday, leaving at least three people dead, while flooding streets, disrupting traffic and affecting daily life, officials said, as the death toll from rain-related incidents over the past month surpassed 100. In July, 99 people died in rain-related incidents and most of the deaths were reported in eastern …

Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan will affect 200,000 people, a top UN official warns
6 months, 1 week ago

Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan will affect 200,000 people, a top UN official warns

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — An estimated 200,000 people in Pakistan could be affected by the upcoming monsoon season, which is expected to bring heavier rains than usual, a top U.N. official warned on Thursday. Analysts and government officials say Pakistan in recent years failed to achieve goals for economic growth because of man-made disasters, which have repeatedly hit the country in the …

Pakistan records ‘wettest April’ in more than 60 years
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan records ‘wettest April’ in more than 60 years

Al Jazeera  

At least 144 people died due to the heavy rainfall in April. Pakistan has experienced its “wettest April since 1961”, receiving more than twice as much rain as usual for the month, the country’s weather agency has said. April rainfall was recorded at 59.3mm, “excessively above” the normal average of 22.5mm, the metrology department said in its monthly climate report …

Pakistan: 87 killed over past week as heavy rains wreak havoc in country, over 80 injured
8 months ago

Pakistan: 87 killed over past week as heavy rains wreak havoc in country, over 80 injured

India TV News  

Islamabad: As many as 87 people have been killed in separate incidents in Pakistan as the rain mayhem continues in the country over the past week, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. A total of 15 people were killed and 10 others injured in the southwestern Balochistan province, whereas 11 people died with 11 others were injured due to …

Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with more rain on the forecast
8 months, 1 week ago

Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with more rain on the forecast

Associated Press  

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days of extreme weather to at least 63, as the heaviest downpour in decades flooded villages on the country’s southwestern coast. “Overall, rainfall has been 99% higher than the average across Pakistan, and it shows climate change has …

Pakistan rain mayhem continues even on fourth day, 63 killed and over hundred missing
8 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan rain mayhem continues even on fourth day, 63 killed and over hundred missing

India TV News  

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days of extreme weather to at least 63. 256% above normal rainfall in Baluchistan: Pakistan Met dept Pakistan is seeing heavier rain in April due to climate change, said Zaheer Ahmed Babar, a senior official at the Pakistan Meteorological …

Lightning, rains kill many in Pakistan as authorities declare a state of emergency in the southwest
8 months, 1 week ago

Lightning, rains kill many in Pakistan as authorities declare a state of emergency in the southwest

The Hindu  

Lightning and heavy rains have killed at least 49 people across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said on April 15, as authorities in the country's southwest declared a state of emergency. Arfan Kathia, a spokesman for the provincial disaster management authority, said 21 people had died in Punjab, where more rains were expected this week. Khursheed Anwar, a …

Heavy winter rains in Pakistan kill at least 37 people, collapse buildings and trigger landslides
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Heavy winter rains in Pakistan kill at least 37 people, collapse buildings and trigger landslides

The Hindu  

At least 37 people were killed in rain-related incidents across Pakistan in the past 48 hours, authorities said. The rains that have swept across Pakistan have led to the collapse of houses and triggered landslides that blocked roads, particularly in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, they said. At least 27 people, mostly children, reportedly died in rain-related incidents in Khyber …

Pakistan winter rains cause landslides, leaving at least 36 dead, 50 injured
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan winter rains cause landslides, leaving at least 36 dead, 50 injured

Live Mint  

Parts of Pakistan, particularly in the northwest, were swept by heavy rains leaving at least 36 people dead and 50 others injured. Monsoon and winter rains cause damage in Pakistan every year. In 2022, rains and floods in many parts of Pakistan, killed over 1,739 people, and affected around 33 million and displacing nearly 8 million people. In Afghanistan also, …

At least 35 killed as Pakistan rains collapse buildings, trigger landslides
9 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 35 killed as Pakistan rains collapse buildings, trigger landslides

Al Jazeera  

The majority of deaths were reported in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At least 35 people have been killed and 50 others injured due to heavy rains that have swept Pakistan since Thursday, causing several houses to collapse and landslides to block roads, particularly in the northwest, authorities said. The country’s Karakoram Highway, which links Pakistan with China, is …

Heavy rains in Pakistan kill at least 29 as buildings collapse and landslides block roads
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Heavy rains in Pakistan kill at least 29 as buildings collapse and landslides block roads

LA Times  

Pakistani authorities said Sunday at least 29 people died and 50 others injured due to heavy rains that swept across the country in the past 48 hours, causing several houses to collapse and landslides to block roads, particularly in the northwest. About 23 rain-related deaths were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan since Thursday night, the provincial disaster management …

Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan kill at least 50 in two weeks
1 year, 5 months ago

Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan kill at least 50 in two weeks

Al Jazeera  

The dead include eight children killed in a landslide while playing cricket after monsoon rains in northern Pakistan’s Shangla district. At least 50 people, including eight children, have been killed in weather-related incidents triggered by heavy monsoon rains that have lashed Pakistan for two weeks, officials say. “Fifty deaths have been reported in different rain-related incidents all over Pakistan since …

Pakistan: Malaria, typhoid, dengue strike flood-hit areas, 33 million people affected
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan: Malaria, typhoid, dengue strike flood-hit areas, 33 million people affected

Firstpost  

The stagnant floodwaters have led to widespread cases of skin and eye infections, diarrhoea, malaria, typhoid and dengue fever across numerous provinces in Pakistan, triggering health threats to people in Pakistan Karachi: As Pakistan continues to bear the brunt of ongoing floods, infectious diseases like Malaria, typhoid and dengue fever are fast spreading across regions as the death toll reached …

Climate change likely helped cause deadly Pakistan floods, scientists find
2 years, 3 months ago

Climate change likely helped cause deadly Pakistan floods, scientists find

NPR  

Climate change likely helped cause deadly Pakistan floods, scientists find Enlarge this image toggle caption Pervez Masih/AP Pervez Masih/AP It is likely that climate change helped drive deadly floods in Pakistan, according to a new scientific analysis. Climate change made such heavy rainfall more likely, according to the analysis by a group of international climate scientists in Pakistan, Europe and …

Mapping the scale of damage by the catastrophic Pakistan floods
2 years, 3 months ago

Mapping the scale of damage by the catastrophic Pakistan floods

Al Jazeera  

Weeks of torrential rains and flash floods have ravaged Pakistan. The South Asian nation of some 220 million people is at the epicentre of a climate crisis following historic monsoon rains in July and August. According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, rescue and recovery missions are slow, and more than half a million people are still in makeshift camps. …

Scientists confirm climate change played a role in Pakistan floods
2 years, 3 months ago

Scientists confirm climate change played a role in Pakistan floods

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The excessive rainfall and flooding this year was widely dubbed as a climate catastrophe with UN chief Antonio Guterres …

Death Toll in Pakistan Floods Nears 1,500; Hundreds of Thousands Sleep in Open
2 years, 3 months ago

Death Toll in Pakistan Floods Nears 1,500; Hundreds of Thousands Sleep in Open

News 18  

Unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster. The tally of the dead stands at 1,486, with about 530 children among them, the National Disaster Management Authority said, as it released its …

Pakistan floods show that climate adaptation requires international support and regional co-op
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan floods show that climate adaptation requires international support and regional co-op

India TV News  

Highlights One in 100-year heat wave, rainfall over nine times the average rainfall in the southeastern Sindh. Human-induced climate change has caused these unusual weather events: a one in a 100-year heat wave and rainfall over nine times the average rainfall in the southeastern Sindh province. A fraction In 2019, Pakistan’s greenhouse gas emissions stood at about 433 million tonnes …

Pakistan Has Learned No Lesson to Deal With Floods or Other Climate Calamities
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan Has Learned No Lesson to Deal With Floods or Other Climate Calamities

The Quint  

The official government figures show that more than 1300 people have been killed in the recent mega floods in Pakistan that is already going through a political storm of its own. Higher than normal monthly temps in April, May, and June caused dry winds to rise up leaving a huge vacuum which was filled up by moisture-laden air from the …

Pakistan floods highlight need for climate ‘loss and damage’ help
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan floods highlight need for climate ‘loss and damage’ help

The Hindu  

Rich carbon polluters should feel “moral pressure” to help fund climate-vulnerable nations wracked by weather extremes such as Pakistan, where monstrous flooding has caused devastation, diplomats and observers told AFP. “This is not a freak accident,” said Nabeel Munir, Pakistan’s ambassador to Seoul and chair of the largest negotiating bloc of developing nations at U.N. climate negotiations. Mr. Munir said …

Pakistan floods: Third of country under water with half a million forced out of homes
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan floods: Third of country under water with half a million forced out of homes

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A third of Pakistan is underwater, the country’s climate minister has said as history-making floods …

Pakistan pleads for international help as parts of country ‘resemble a small ocean’
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan pleads for international help as parts of country ‘resemble a small ocean’

CNN  

Islamabad CNN — Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover up to a third of the country of 220 million people by the end of the monsoon season. Climate change minister Sherry Rehman said Sunday the unprecedented rain had created a “climate catastrophe” …

Pakistan flooding: Deaths from ‘climate catastrophe’ rise above 1,000
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan flooding: Deaths from ‘climate catastrophe’ rise above 1,000

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nearly 100 people have died over this weekend alone, taking the death toll to 1,033 – including 348 children, …

Pakistan declares emergency as monsoon flooding affects over 4 million people
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan declares emergency as monsoon flooding affects over 4 million people

Hindustan Times  

Heavy rain pounded parts of Pakistan Friday after the government declared an emergency to deal with monsoon flooding that it said had affected more than four million people. "I have never seen such huge flooding because of rains in my life," octogenarian farmer Rahim Bakhsh Brohi told AFP near Sukkur, in southern Sindh province. The disaster agency said over 4.2 …

Monsoon rains in Pakistan kill 147 in less than a month
2 years, 5 months ago

Monsoon rains in Pakistan kill 147 in less than a month

Al Jazeera  

The death toll from rain-related incidents rises as rains trigger flash floods in some parts of the country, officials say. The death toll from rain-related incidents over the past month has risen to 147 as monsoon rains continue to lash Pakistan, triggering flash floods in some parts of the country, officials say. The monsoon rains also damaged homes, roads, bridges …

How Pakistan is facing the brunt of monsoon fury
2 years, 5 months ago

How Pakistan is facing the brunt of monsoon fury

Firstpost  

While as many as 39 people have died in Balochistan, rains have also damaged homes, roads, bridges and power stations as storms continued to lash the country. At least 77 people have died in the last three weeks in Pakistan The monsoon rains have been causing widespread havoc in Pakistan in the last three week as at least 77 people, …

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