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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.
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 ...
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]
Rainfall (mm) Rainfall (in) Monsoon spell Notes Jacobabad: 481: 18.9: September 5 to 11: Record-breaking rainfall for the month; 441 mm in just 36 hours. Larkana: 216: 8.5: September 5 to 11: Record-breaking rainfall for the month of September. Sukkur: 206: 8.1: September 5 to 11: Record-breaking rainfall for the month of September. Rohri: 205: ...
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 ...
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.
In 2003, Sindh province was badly affected when above normal monsoon rainfall caused flooding in the province; urban flooding also hit Karachi where two days of rainfall of 284.5 millimetres (11.20 in) created havoc in the city, while Thatta District was the worst hit where 404 millimetres (15.9 in) rainfall caused flash floods in the district ...
Climate change made the unprecedented monsoon rainfall that left one-third of Pakistan underwater last month far more likely, according to a team of scientists