カテゴリー: Flooding
As well as losing livestock and crops, villagers must rebuild homes for a second time after floods destroyed them in 2010Ghulam Kubra and her family escaped from their home 30 minutes before the roof collapsed. Fifteen days ago, the mother of four watc…
Colonialism and its aftereffects have left regions such as south Punjab resource-starved, poverty-stricken and deeply vulnerable to floodwatersDevastating flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,100 people this summer, injuring and displacing thous…
Donations have poured in from British citizens of Pakistani origin and UK-based charities after destructive monsoon rainsBritish charities and Pakistani diaspora groups have raised at least £1m after devastating floods in the south Asian country have k…
The Pakistani people are facing a ‘monsoon on steroids’ said UN secretary general António Guterres, as the country struggles with floods that have killed 1,136, including at least 75 in the last 24 hours. ‘Millions are homeless. Schools and health faci…
Sharif’s climate change minister called the flooding a ‘climate catastrophe’ and said the south Asian nation was ‘paying the price’ for western use of fossil fuelsPakistan is not to blame for a climate crisis-fuelled disaster that has flooded much of t…
Call for emergency funding as nearly half a million people displaced and estimated $10bn damage to economyThe United Nations and Pakistan are to appeal for $160m (£135m) in emergency funding for the nearly half a million people displaced by record-brea…
Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,000 people and affected over 30 million, in a catastrophe that is still unfolding. ‘We are witnessing the worst flooding in the history of the country,’ says Dr Fahad Saeed, a scientist with the Climate Analy…
The climate crisis is the prime suspect, but the vulnerability of poor citizens and other factors are important tooThe climate crisis is the prime suspect for the devastating scale of flooding in Pakistan, which has killed more than 1,000 people and af…
Pakistan is suffering extensive flooding after unusually heavy monsoon rains lashed large parts of the country. Flash floods fuelled by the climate crisis have affected more than 33 million people, officials have said. More than 75% of Balochistan, the…
Melting glaciers and torrential rains are wrecking lives. Western governments must step up their responseThe harm and distress caused by floods in Pakistan are difficult – if not impossible – to quantify, as a crisis of vast proportions keeps unfolding…
Foreign minister urges countries and IMF to help stricken country after climate change minister speaks of climate ‘catastrophe’Pakistan’s government has appealed for international help to tackle a flooding emergency that has killed more than 1,000 peop…
More than 33 million people have been displaced as destructive monsoon rains continue to wreak havocFlash floods triggered by destructive monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed more than 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more …
Heavy rain has pounded large areas of Pakistan as the government declared an emergency to deal with monsoon flooding it said had affected more than 30 million people. The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes…
Authorities say more than 900 killed and 220,000 homes destroyed in worst monsoon rains disaster for a decadeHeavy rain has pounded large areas of Pakistan as the government declared an emergency to deal with monsoon flooding it said had affected more …
Touring flood-hit region of Nelson, prime minister says country must do ‘all we can’ to deal with damaging events triggered by a warming climateNew Zealand’s flood- and slip-prone regions do not have the mechanisms in place to cope with rapid environme…