Flash floods kill over 300 in Pakistan as more monsoon rain is forecast
Channel: Samar Hamdani
Date: 2022-07-28

Flash floods across Pakistan have killed at least 310 people and injured hundreds, with the government issuing warnings of further extreme monsoon downpours in 14 more cities.

The southern city of Karachi, home to 16 million people, has seen neighbourhoods and vehicles submerged in knee-deep muddy flood water; roads are impassable. At least 15 people have died since Saturday.

Public services in the city have been suspended and businesses closed. The country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said infrastructure, road networks and 5,600 homes had been damaged.Pakistan, which suffered an extreme heatwave earlier this year, ranks among the most vulnerable countries on the Global Climate Risk Index, which records the economic and human loss of extreme weather. Pakistan is estimated to have lost 10,000 lives due to environmental disasters, with $4bn financial losses in the decade to 2018.

“Climate is playing its part,” said Afia Salam, a climate activist. “We have shifting monsoon, we have heavier rainfalls, we have rain falling within a very short period of time which used to be spread-over, so these changing weather patterns are there. Karachi facing urban flooding is the sign of the times of unpredictable weather. We have not adapted to these changes, and we have to safeguard the people through proper planning,” she said.
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