Pakistan is experiencing a serious climate catastrophe, one of the hardest in the decade. Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said on August 28, as the country’s climate minister called the deadly monsoon season “a serious climate catastrophe.
Flash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and provided food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis.
Flash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and provided food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis.