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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 and landslides in the first nine months of 2022 have killed at least 70 people in Nepal. [37] On September 16, a landslide killed 22 people and left 10 missing in Achham District. [37] At least 46 people were killed and 22 were left missing by heavy flooding in October, with Karnali Province being the worst affected. [38] [39]
Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan will affect 200,000 people, a top UN official warns. ... The 2022 floods caused more than $30 billion in damage to Pakistan's already cash-strapped economy.
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.
Damage caused by the floods of 2010. The following is a list of floods in Pakistan. In 1973 heavy rains in Indian Kashmir caused the Indus River to overflow and flood the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] 1992 India–Pakistan floods; 1993 Monsoon Floods Across South Asia killed fifteen people in Pakistan. [2] In 1995 heavy monsoon rains ...
Heavy monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in southern India and five children in Pakistan over the past two days, authorities said Tuesday. In India's Andhra Pradesh and ...
The frequency of floods has been increasing over time. [10] The causes of floods can be divided into factors affecting rainfall, and factors affecting water retention, such as drainage and deforestation. [11] [12] [13] Climate change is the primary cause of the increasing trend in flooding frequency and severity in Pakistan. [14]