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More than 1000 people have died since monsoons began in June, with new floods this week.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please get in touch by emailing: But the devastation is not isolated to Sindh province. Do you have family or friends in the region? The infrastructure was already basic in many rural communities. "We are seeing for ourselves on the ground that climate change is happening. it is overwhelming," he told Reuters. But it will take more than a few days of sunshine to make life right again. "She went to the bank of the river and a gush of water followed and took her away." The torrents from swollen rivers in the mountainous north are due to arrive in the coming days. In this province - which has a population of almost 50 million - there has been a little reprieve from the rains. In Sindh, the message in every village the BBC visited was: "Send help."

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 ...

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Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country's climate minister called the deadly monsoon.

experiencing what is known as glacial lake outburst floods which we have many of because Pakistan is home to the highest number of glaciers outside the polar region.” “So in north actually just now we are ... ... We’ll need to have climate resilient crops as well as structures,” she said. The on-camera statement was retweeted by the country’s ambassador to the European Union. Nearly 300,000 homes have been destroyed, numerous roads rendered impassable and electricity outages have been widespread, affecting millions of people. Many have also taken shelter on roadsides, said Kamran Bangash, a spokesperson for the provincial government.

Minister Sherry Rehman has said Pakistan is going through its eighth cycle of monsoon; normally the country has only three to four cycles of monsoon rain.

Balochistan is the other badly-hit region, which has got 129.7 mm of rain from August 1-26, a deviation of 522% from the normal 20.9 mm in the region for this period. She said: “Pakistan is living through a serious climate catastrophe, one of the hardest in the decade. “Pakistan is under an unprecedented monsoon spell and data suggests the possibility of re-emergence of another cycle in September,” she said. Other most-at-risk Asian countries in the Index are Bangladesh, Myanmar, and the Philippines. Extreme weather events around the world have been seen as evidence of climate change. Communications ministry informs us that it was built 5 metres above the level of the bridge that went down in the 2010 superflood. Rehman said Pakistan is passing through “climate catastrophe”. This was 211% more than the normal of 113.7 mm during this period. [@pmdgov]office data should speak to what’s going on: for the month of August the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan showing large deviations from average expected rainfall. Last year (2021), Pakistan was in 11.3% deficit of this figure, having received 125 mm of rain. The floods are said to be bigger than the 2010 ‘superflood’ that impacted 20 million people and killed almost 2,000, according to government estimates. The rainfall usually begins only in July, but this year, it started raining heavily in June itself, triggering floods.

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 ...

The unprecedented monsoon season has affected all four of the country’s provinces. “Thank God we are safe now on this road quite high from the flooded area,” he said. The on-camera statement was retweeted by the country’s ambassador to the European Union.

Driving the news: Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority reported on Sunday that the death toll from the monsoon rains, which have sparked flooding ...

It is a climate dystopia at our doorstep,” Rehman told the Guardian. The extreme heat led to a damaging glacial lake outburst flood as Himalayan glaciers shed ice at rapid rates. The water is coming down in buckets from a merciless sky," Rehman told This is very far from a normal monsoon. - The floods have destroyed nearly 300,000 homes, caused widespread electricity outages, and made roads impassable. [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/asia/pakistan-flooding-intl/index.html).

The fate of hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan's southern Sindh province lies with a 90-year-old barrage that directs the flow of water from the ...

Engineers were scrambling Sunday to reinforce Ali Wahan levee, a crucial curve of the river Indus in the city that is threatened by the swollen river. It is the centrepiece of the city, a favourite site for tourists to photograph, and also provides a key bridge across the river. "That water coming into the river is scaring us," Irshad Ali, a 42-year-old farmer near the city of Sukkur, told AFP as he lamented the date palms and vegetable patches he lost to the monsoon.

Asia Cup 2022 India vs Pakistan Live Updates: The two giants of Asian and World cricket will collide at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium for their ...

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Batting great Virat Kohli had a nervy 100th T20 international as teammate Hardik Pandya led India to a five-wicket victory over archrivals Pakistan in the ...

“That’s the kind of belief we want to have in this group, where you’re not in the game and you still manage to pull it off … However, Kohli was tied down by both spinners Shadab Khan and Nawaz before falling midway through the India innings with 35 off 34 balls. “Dahani stepped up with the bat which really gave us something to defend, but it’s a shame we couldn’t finish it off. Pandya then sliced through the middle order and also had top-scorer Mohammad Rizwan (43) dismissed with another sharp bouncer before No. “It’s important to assess the situation and use your weapons,” Pandya said. “We wanted to have 15 or so (runs) to defend for Nawaz (in the last over), but that wasn’t to be and Pandya finished it off wonderfully.”

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya picked up three wickets and then smashed an unbeaten 33 to seal a five-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in a ...

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Ravindra Jadeja, who made 35, and Pandya rescued India with a 52-run stand for the fifth wicket to turn the contest in favour of the defending champions before Nawaz dismissed the former on the first delivery of the final over.

Batting great Virat Kohli had a nervy 100th T20 international as teammate Hardik Pandya led India to a five-wicket victory over archrivals Pakistan in the ...

“That’s the kind of belief we want to have in this group, where you’re not in the game and you still manage to pull it off … However, Kohli was tied down by both spinners Shadab Khan and Nawaz before falling midway through the India innings with 35 off 34 balls. “Dahani stepped up with the bat which really gave us something to defend, but it’s a shame we couldn’t finish it off. Pandya then sliced through the middle order and also had top-scorer Mohammad Rizwan (43) dismissed with another sharp bouncer before No. “It’s important to assess the situation and use your weapons,” Pandya said. “We wanted to have 15 or so (runs) to defend for Nawaz (in the last over), but that wasn’t to be and Pandya finished it off wonderfully.”

Hundreds of people are stranded across the river in the Manoor valley of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after a flash flood hit the region on Friday ...

"My home is on the other side and now I'll have to walk for eight hours to reach my home. "My home and my children are on the other side of the river. "Many people are sick and can't leave the village on foot. Floods have destroyed some of them, along with a police station and a religious school. It is then that some of them throw us a piece of paper across the river, packing it into a plastic bag filled with stones in order to throw it to the side of the river where we are filming. "Work has already started regarding reconstruction of the bridge, but it will take some time." Since then, all the villages on the other side of the river have been cut off and resident are waiting for help. This is the only way they can communicate with the other part of the village these days. But authorities are telling us that we should start walking around the other side of the mountain to reach our homes. She tells the BBC she can see her home but is unable to reach it. Those are the contents of a handwritten note villagers throw to our team when we visit. The valley has been hit by a torrential flood that killed at least 15 people, including women and children.

Pakistan expects an economic hit of at least $10 billion as flooding from the highest rainfall in more than three decades continues to threaten lives in the ...

Foreign minister urges countries and IMF to help stricken country after climate change minister speaks of climate 'catastrophe'

The government has deployed soldiers to help civilian authorities in rescue and relief operations across the country. Rehman said on Sunday that the warming climate was causing glaciers in mountainous northern regions to melt faster than normal, exacerbating the impact of the heavy rain. I request people to come ahead and help.” Many have also taken shelter on roadsides, said Kamran Bangash, a spokesperson for the provincial government. It was important for developed countries to do more to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels, Bradshaw said. Many crops that provided much of the population’s livelihoods had been wiped out, he added.

Muslim Hands is appealing for more funds to help them deliver aid in disaster-hit Pakistan.

"We are funded by ordinary donors on the street and we desperately need people to come forward and show an outpouring of donations to their brothers and sisters in Pakistan." It has asked supporters in the UK to donate whatever they can to help "their brothers and sisters" in Pakistan. A charity has said its aid workers in Pakistan are being "overwhelmed" by the tens of thousands of people affected by flooding.

Pakistan needs financial help to deal with "overwhelming" floods, its foreign minister said on Sunday, adding that he hoped financial institutions such as ...

"Despite the fact that Pakistan contributes negligible amounts to the overall carbon footprint ... Bhutto-Zardari, the son of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, said the economic impact was still being assessed, but that some estimates had put it at $4 billion. it is overwhelming," said Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in an interview with Reuters, adding many crops that provided much of the population's livelihoods had been wiped out. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Islamabad (AP) -- International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by ...

International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday as evacuations were underway for widespread flooding that have claimed more than 1000 lives this summer.

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Before severe flooding struck, Pakistan was already in an economic crisis, facing high inflation, a depreciating currency and a current account deficit.

"Despite the fact that Pakistan contributes negligible amounts to the overall carbon footprint ... Bhutto-Zardari, the son of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, said the economic impact was still being assessed, but that some estimates had put it at $4 billion. it is overwhelming," said Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in an interview with Reuters, adding many crops that provided much of the population's livelihoods had been wiped out. The IMF board will decide this week on whether to release $1.2 billion as part of the seventh and eighth tranches of Pakistan's bailout program, which it entered in 2019. - The IMF board will decide this week on whether to release $1.2 billion as part of the seventh and eighth tranches of Pakistan's bailout program, which it entered in 2019. Unusually heavy monsoon rains have caused devastating floods in both the north and south of the country, affecting more than 30 million people and killing more than 1,000.

Welcome to today's Morning Brief, where we're following Pakistan's deadly floods, U.S. warships in the Taiwan Strait, and the world this week.

Beijing, which has previously warned [Washington](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/asia/us-warships-taiwan-china.html) against such actions, said it was [monitoring](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/28/china-us-navy-taiwan-strait-pelosi/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world) the ships. [erupted](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/middleeast/libya-militias-hifter-dbeiba-bashagha.html) between rival militias in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, killing at least [30 people](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/27/1119818207/libya-militias-clashes-tripoli) and injuring more than a hundred others. treaty](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62680423) to protect sea life, after two weeks of negotiations ended in [deadlock](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nations-fail-to-reach-deal-on-un-treaty-to-protect-sea-life/2022/08/27/4776d2ea-25e8-11ed-a72f-1e7149072fbc_story.html?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world) over financial support for developing nations and fishing guidelines. [first time](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/asia/us-warships-taiwan-china.html) since U.S. [world record](https://sports.yahoo.com/man-breaks-world-record-floating-river-pumpkin-reaction-195706213.html) for distance traveled while drifting in a pumpkin, 60-year old Duane Hansen floated down the Missouri River in one that weighed 846 pounds. [Taiwan Strait](https://www.c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/Display/Article/3142171/7th-fleet-cruisers-transit-taiwan-strait/) demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the U.S. It also fits into a trend of extreme weather ravaging Asia, as FP’s Mary Yang [reported.](https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/24/extreme-weather-asia-climate-change-floods-droughts-heatwave/) But many still remain [stranded](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62710230) and in need of food and supplies, while more than [33 million people](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/25/asia/pakistan-flooding-climate-minister-intl-hnk/index.html) have been impacted by the floods. In an interview with Reuters, Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari pleaded for [financial support](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-foreign-minister-says-help-needed-after-overwhelming-floods-2022-08-28/) and said he believed the flooding’s economic fallout could exceed $4 billion. [swallow up roads](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/28/1119854665/pakistan-flooding-climate-change), more than 1,000 people have died since mid-June. Tens of thousands of [livestock](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/28/people-are-getting-sick-destitution-in-flood-hit-pakistan) have died. But in Pakistan, this climate nightmare is exhausting a population already experiencing political and economic tumult.

Islamabad (CNN) Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover ...

The threat of Covid-19 and damage to vehicles, infrastructure and connectivity are further making our emergency relief works almost impossible. Most of those affected are also immobile or marooned making us hard to reach them," he said. "Looking at the incredible damage the floods have caused, it slowly becoming clear to us that relief efforts are going to take a very long time. Let us rise above our differences and stand by our people who need us today." "I haven't seen any destruction or devastation of this scale," said Butto-Zardari. "Times demand that we come together as one nation in support of our people facing this calamity.

Displaced people wade through a flooded area in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan on Aug. 28. Photo: Hussain Ali/Anadolu Agency via Getty ...

[Technical issues delay the first launch of NASA's new Moon rocket](/2022/08/29/artemis-sls-nasa-moon-rocket-scrubbed-engine) [Brian Kemp must testify in Georgia's Trump probe after November election](/2022/08/29/brian-kemp-trump-georgia-probe-testimony) Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari [told Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-foreign-minister-says-help-needed-after-overwhelming-floods-2022-08-28/) Monday the scale of the destruction is "overwhelming" and he hopes for international financial assistance. [uncrewed Artemis I launch](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/nasa-artemis-launch-moon-mission) of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule was called off on Monday. [Kherson](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/24/ukraine-six-months-invasion), a spokesperson for Ukraine's southern military command [announced on Monday](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shelling-near-ukraine-nuclear-plant-fuels-disaster-fears-russia-pounds-donbas-2022-08-29/). [climate catastrophe](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/pakistan-flooding-death-toll-climate-change)," which displaced people across the country.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting Pakistan as the country takes stock of floods which have reportedly killed more than 1000 people and displaced ...

The funding will provide critical food and cash assistance to nearly one million people in districts in Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Harneis has warned that the humanitarian situation is expected to worsen, with diseases and malnutrition expected to rise along with the number of districts reporting that they have been affected. The aim is to reach nearly half a million people in the badly hit provinces of Balochistan, where the agency already supports nearly 42,000 people, and Sindh.

A third of Pakistan is under water as a result of flooding caused by record monsoon rains, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said Monday, calling it a ...

"We are in touch with our big donors... "We need to also look for the spread of medical camps, because disease is always the next predator in such an environment." "To see the devastation on the ground is really mind-boggling," Rehman told AFP in an interview.

The provinces of Sindh and Balochistan in the south of the country have suffered the most destruction. Some families tell The Washington Post they haven't ...

He’s heard hundreds are seriously injured in his district and some have died, but with phone lines largely down and families scattered, it is impossible to know the true toll. Punjab province, in the north, experienced its second wettest month and received 116 percent more than normal. “The destruction and losses are so huge, it’s something we have never seen before.” “I have never in my life seen such rains and the floodwaters,” said Bashir Ahmed Mallah, a 62-year-old farmer in Sindh. Already battling a spiraling economic crisis and a power struggle with the country’s former leader, Imran Khan, the Pakistani government is appealing for outside help. Some families tell The Washington Post they haven’t received any government assistance, forcing thousands to flee on foot in search of food and dry land.

The initial economic losses from floods in Pakistan could reach at least $10 billion, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal told Reuters in an interview on Monday.

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More than 1130 have died in devastating floods triggered by the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade.

Millions of houses have been destroyed," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday after flying over the area in a helicopter. "Our crop spanned over 5,000 acres on which the best quality rice was sown and is eaten by you and us," 70-year-old Khalil Ahmed said. Thousands of people living in the mountainous area have been ordered to evacuate - but even with the help of helicopters, authorities are still struggling to reach those who are trapped. "We're still coming to grips with the extent of the damage," he added. Of those who are known to have died, 75 were in the past 24 hours alone, officials said on Monday, adding that the death toll is expected to rise. The summer rain is the heaviest recorded in a decade and is blamed by the government on climate change.

More than 1000 people have died from widespread flooding in Pakistan. Officials are blaming climate change for the country's heaviest rains since the early ...

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The Pakistani military and volunteers are desperately trying to evacuate many thousands of people stranded by flooding driven by 'monster monsoons.'

Pakistan charities were also active in flood-stricken areas, and the government says everyone should contribute to help flood victims. aid agencies and their partners in Pakistan to respond to the floods and that the money would be used for health, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation services in flood-affected areas, focusing on the most vulnerable. Floods and rains have caused devastation in Pakistan at a time when the country is facing one of its worst economic crises. He appealed to Pakistanis living abroad to generously donate to the flood victims. He said he could not rebuild his home without government help, and right now he was unable to work to get food for his family. But release of the $1.7-billion tranche has been on hold since earlier this year, when the IMF expressed concern about Pakistan’s compliance with the deal’s terms under Cargo planes from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates began the international effort to assist the impoverished nation, landing Sunday in Islamabad carrying tents, food and other daily necessities. Sharif has said the government would provide housing to all those who lost their homes. The United Nations will launch an international appeal for Pakistani flood victims on Tuesday in Islamabad, the capital. Even if I go out in search of a job, who will give me any job as there is water everywhere?” said Rehmat Ullah in Charsadda. Qamar Javed Bajwa, the country’s military chief, said Sunday that his country may take years to recover. He said planes carrying aid from some countries have already reached Pakistan, and he predicted more would come.

More than 1100 have died as record monsoon rains inundate the country, washing away bridges, roads and crop fields. Much of Pakistan is underwater.

A long-running debate over the obligations of rich, polluting nations to help poor, developing countries cope with climate change has become a sticking point in global climate negotiations. The reason for this apparent “paradox,” he said, is that the monsoon has become more erratic: Stronger downpours have been interspersed with longer dry spells. Ahsan Iqbal, the country’s planning minister, said he estimated damages to exceed $10 billion and that it will take the better part of a decade for the nation to rebuild. Only around $50 million is allocated to Pakistan’s climate change ministry in this year’s budget, reflecting a cut of almost one third as the government tries to curtail spending. The hotel’s parking lot and part of its main building were swept away over the weekend. “And we were actually the lucky ones.” “Everything has already become expensive because of rising petrol prices, and the recent floods will further worsen the situation,” he said. The former prime minister, Imran Khan, was forced out of office in April and this month was While scientists can’t yet say how much the current rainfall and flooding may have been worsened by climate change, researchers agree that in South Asia and elsewhere, global warming is increasing the likelihood of severe rain. “If that rainfall was distributed over the season, maybe it wouldn’t be that bad,” said Deepti Singh, a climate scientist at Washington State University Vancouver. Now much of the country is underwater. Stories like this are possible because of our deep commitment to original reporting, produced by a global staff of over 1,700 journalists who have all dedicated themselves to helping you understand the world.

Months of monsoon rains have led to floods across Pakistan, killing over 1000 people, affecting 33 million and leaving one-third of the country underwater.

Photos show the “dystopia” on the ground. 26 showed damage across the country with the worst damage in the southern provinces of Balochistan and Sindh. “The sad part is that it is not stopping,” Rehman said to DW. “The rain is relentless. Pakistan has more than 7,500 glaciers, the most of any non-polar region. [Sherry Rehman](https://twitter.com/sherryrehman/status/1563901495267016704), told DW in an interview video she shared on Sunday, Aug. In Balochistan, a man returned to his flood-hit home to try and salvage what he could. “Many districts are beginning to look like they’re part of the ocean,” she said. Still, many areas remain inaccessible to emergency responders, who cannot find dry places to drop badly needed supplies or land their helicopters, Rehman told Sky News. [climate change](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/29/catastrophic-flooding-overwhelms-pakistan) has amplified the intensity and duration of the extreme weather events happening in Pakistan, Rehman repeatedly explained. [map](https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/pakistan-2022-monsoon-floods-situation-report-no-03-26-august-2022) of the monsoon floods from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Aug. [monsoon rains](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/asia/pakistan-flooding-intl/index.html) — coupled with melting glaciers — have caused “ [unprecedented](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/29/pakistan-floods-plea-for-help-amid-fears-monsoon-could-put-a-third-of-country-underwater)” flooding in all four of the country’s provinces, CNN and The Guardian reported.

The climate crisis is the prime suspect, but the vulnerability of poor citizens and other factors are important too.

[ranked eighth most at risk in the world](https://www.germanwatch.org/en/19777) by the Global Climate Risk Index. The only silver lining in the current flooding situation is that it may not get even more catastrophic. “It’s a real planet SOS here,” [said Rehman](https://twitter.com/sherryrehman/status/1562886281197400066). The extreme heatwave suffered earlier in 2022 was made [30 times more likely by global heating](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/23/deadly-indian-heatwave-made-30-times-more-likely-by-climate-crisis) and another heatwave in [2015 was also exacerbated by global heating](http://www.ametsoc.net/eee/2015/16_india_pakistain.pdf). A natural climate cycle driven by temperature and wind variations in the Pacific may also have added to the Pakistan floods, said meteorologist Scott Duncan. Scientists are already trying to determine the extent to which global heating is to blame for the rainfall and floods. “We can see it is very extreme flooding and, in many places, it will be worse than 2010, when the floods killed 1,700 people.” “Flash flooding is very difficult to provide good warning for and to get people out of harm’s way quickly,” she said. The horrific scale of the floods are not in doubt. This is a deluge from all sides.” She said the “monster monsoon was wreaking non-stop havoc throughout the country”. Warmer oceans and heating in the Arctic were implicated in the 2010 superflood, one study found, as these factors affected the jet stream, a high-level wind that circles the planet. [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan), which has killed more than 1,000 people and affected 30 million.

The deadly floods Pakistan is suffering raise a difficult question: Who should pay for the damage climate change is causing in the developing world?

It can feel overwhelming facing the impacts of climate change, but there are [ways to cope with climate anxiety](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/climate-change-anxiety-dread-cope/2021/07/14/471eb264-e4d4-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_6). As temperatures rise, heat waves are more often sweeping the globe — and parts of the world are [becoming too hot to survive](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/climate-change-humidity/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_4&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_3). As seas rise, others are exploring [how to harness marine energy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/cop26-scotland-wave-energy-renewables/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_14&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_8). [$100,000](https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/aug-16-2022-united-states-providing-immediate-humanitarian-assistance-response-flooding-pakistan) in humanitarian relief in Pakistan. [Paris agreement](https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf) on climate change, countries agreed to recognize and “address” the loss and damage caused by those dangerous climate impacts. But as the damage mount some are already going to court, as citizens and politicians from vulnerable countries seek compensation for the loss of their livelihoods, homes or farms. [largest historical emitter](https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change/#:~:text=Historical%20responsibility%20for%20climate%20change,warming%20that%20has%20already%20occurred.) of carbon dioxide, has blocked such efforts at every turn. A [report](https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/footing-bill-fair-finance-loss-and-damage-era-escalating-climate-impacts) released by the humanitarian group Oxfam in June found that over the past five years appeals for relief from extreme weather were only 54 percent funded on average, leaving a shortfall of tens of billions of dollars. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, negotiators from developing countries hoped that negotiators would finally create a formal institution to funnel cash to the countries most affected by climate disasters. While the two issues may seem unconnected, for decades developing countries have asked richer ones to provide funding for the costs they face from heat waves, floods, droughts, sea-level rise and other climate-related disasters. “Now the most devastating monsoon rains in a decade are causing incessant destruction across the country.” Since mid-June, torrential rain has changed the landscape of Pakistan, submerging villages and fields, destroying homes and killing at least 1,000 people.

The familiar ingredients of a warming world were in place: searing temperatures, hotter air holding more moisture, extreme weather getting wilder, ...

The “recent flood in Pakistan is actually an outcome of the climate catastrophe ... Since 1959, Pakistan has emitted about 0.4% of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, compared to 21.5% by the United States and 16.4% by China. AP journalists Munir Ahmed in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Aniruddha Ghosal in New Delhi contributed to this report. Pakistan saw similar flooding and devastation in 2010 that killed nearly 2,000 people. ... It’s been eight weeks and we are told we might see another downpour in September.” “Instead of keeping their majesty and preserving them for posterity and nature. That study, expected in a few weeks, will formally determine how much climate change is a factor, if at all. “This year Pakistan has received the highest rainfall in at least three decades. There are usually breaks, she said, and not as much rain -- 37.5 centimeters (14.8 inches) falls in one day, nearly three times higher than the national average for the past three decades. It occurred in a country that did little to cause the warming, but keeps getting hit, just like the relentless rain. Its rain, heat and melting glaciers are all climate change factors scientists warned repeatedly about. They combined in vulnerable Pakistan to create unrelenting rain and deadly flooding.

(AP) -- The familiar ingredients of a warming world were in place: searing temperatures, hotter air holding more moisture, extreme weather getting wilder, ...

Aid efforts ramped up across flooded Pakistan on Tuesday to help tens of millions of people affected by relentless monsoon rains that have submerged a third ...

"We don't even have space to cook food. "We have lost our heaven and are now forced to live a miserable life." In the northwestern town of Nowshera, a technical college was turned into a shelter for up to 2,500 flood victims. She said "literally a third" of the country was under water, comparing scenes from the disaster to a dystopian movie. The rains that began in June have unleashed the worst flooding in more than a decade, washing away swathes of vital crops and damaging or destroying more than a million homes. Aid efforts ramped up across flooded Pakistan on Tuesday to help tens of millions of people affected by relentless monsoon rains that have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives.

Deadly floods that threaten to engulf up to a third of Pakistan by the end of the monsoon season have caused more than $10 billion in damages, according to ...

"Our needs assessment showed that we are already seeing a major increase in cases of diarrhea, skin infections, malaria and other illnesses," she said. The floods have also destroyed key infrastructure including more than 130 bridges and nearly half a million homes, according to NDMA. The funds earmarked for release by the IMF on Monday are part of a 2019 bailout agreement to "put Pakistan's economy on the path of sustainable and balanced growth," according to the IMF.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Farah Naureen, Mercy Corps' country director for Pakistan, about relief efforts in the region after catastrophic flooding.

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