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From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused about US$40 billion in damage. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked to climate change.
Floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed eight people in January, [2] however from June 2022, floods affected most of Pakistan, affecting around 33 million people, or 12% of the country's population. [3] Over two million houses were damaged or destroyed by flooding, [4] and over $40 billion USD worth of damage has been caused.
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 ...
In 2022, downpours swelled rivers and at one point flooded a third of Pakistan, killing 1,739 people. The floods also caused $30 billion in damages, from which Pakistan is still trying to rebuild.
Monsoon rains have returned to Pakistan as the country is still struggling to recover from devastating 2022 floods that affected 33 million people and killed 1,739. But weather forecasters say the ...
The 2023 Pakistan floods occurred from March to July of 2023, caused by monsoon rains which returned to Pakistan after nine months after the 2022 Pakistan floods. Floods worsened at the end of June due to upcoming monsoon rains. [1] At least 159 people were killed, including many children. [1]
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.
[2] [3] Unlike most of Pakistan, however, Quetta does not have a monsoon of sustained, heavy rainfall. The highest rainfall during a 24-hour period is 113 millimetres (4.4 in) recorded on 17 December 2000; [ 1 ] the highest monthly rainfall is 232.4 millimetres (9.15 in), which was recorded in March 1982; [ 1 ] and the highest annual rainfall ...