カテゴリー: Extreme weather
Authorities urge evacuations in Kyushu before arrival of storm that could cause flooding, landslides and collapse of housesTwo million people in Japan were told to seek shelter before the arrival of Typhoon Nanmadol, national broadcaster NHK said, as t…
After record temperatures and drought, swaths of the country lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part inFarmer Ali Baksh stands on an embankment and points across the flooded landscape of Sindh province towards the spot w…
Study says climate crisis likely to have significantly increased rainfall and made future floods more likelyThe intense rainfall that has caused devastating floods across Pakistan was made worse by global heating, which has also made future floods more…
Heavy rain compounds decades-long environmental catastrophe at country’s largest freshwater lakeMaula Bakhsh Mala’s village was submerged by Lake Manchar for the third time last week. “What bad luck we have,” said the 68-year-old fisher. “When there is…
Army working to protect electricity station that serves millions of residents in Sindh province, with more rain forecast this week Authorities in Pakistan are scrambling to protect a vital power station supplying electricity to millions of people again…
António Guterres calls for ‘massive financial support’ in wake of disaster that has killed at least 1,391 peopleThe United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has visited several areas of Pakistan ravaged by floods, as he rounded off a two-day…
Countries most responsible for climate crisis must ‘end war with nature’, says António GuterresThe UN secretary-general, António Guterres, has said the world owes impoverished Pakistan “massive” help in recovering from the summer’s devastating floods b…
The recent flooding is a direct result of a climate crisis fuelled by the global north. We must accept the blame and pay up, says Christopher Tanner Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar’s article (Rich countries caused Pakistan’s catastrophic flooding. Their response…
Those who don’t die from the floods risk death by starvation – yet you’ve probably heard little about the devastationToday, Pakistan, the world’s fifth-most-populous country, is fighting for its survival. This summer, erratic monsoon rains battered the…
Hundreds of patients overwhelmed a hospital in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province as the country continues to grapple with debilitating floods caused by heavy monsoon rains. Staff at Civil hospital in Dadu city say they have receive…
Two people in South Korea were rescued in a dramatic operation after being trapped in an underground car park for more than 12 hours during floods caused by Typhoon Hinnamnor. Seven others – also trapped in the flooded car park attached to an apartment…
Hundreds of thousands of homes are under water in Sindh province. Locals have no food and say the state has abandoned themAfter several attempts, Zameer Ali, his son and his brother were finally heaved on to the deck of a wooden boat.Early that morning…
Lake Manchar on verge of causing more flooding, says local official, as third of country already underwaterPakistan’s biggest lake is on the verge of bursting its banks after attempts by authorities to drain it in a controlled way failed, a senior loca…
If Cop27 fails to bring the major polluters to heel, the global south will be forced to act on its ownMustafa Nawaz Khokar is a senator in PakistanWhat we’ve witnessed this summer in Pakistan is nothing short of a climate catastrophe. First came the ea…
Up to 100,000 people will be displaced from homes by Lake Manchar after waters reached dangerous levelsAuthorities in flood-hit Pakistan have breached the country’s largest freshwater lake, displacing up to 100,000 people from their homes but saving mo…