Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority According to the recent the rains Due to 178 across Pakistan Deaths have happened, the main reason of which is the collapse of houses.
Not only Pakistan but the entire South Asia is under heavy rains and the overall stormy rains have claimed hundreds of lives since June. Floods and landslides have caused widespread devastation during the dangerous monsoon season, according to official data released on Tuesday.
Storms and rains are common during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is increasing their intensity and frequency.
At least 250 people have died in India, 171 in Nepal and 178 in Pakistan so far.
According to the National Disaster Management Authority, which deals with natural disasters in Pakistan, since the arrival of rains in July, 92 children are included in the 178 deaths across Pakistan, in which the collapse of houses is the biggest killer.
Rising temperatures and humidity in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have warned mountain villages of the risk of flooding from glacial lakes this week.
Last month, 200 people were killed in the southern Indian state of Kerala when landslides hit villages and tea plantations.
A heat wave in May and June pushed New Delhi’s temperature to 49.2 degrees, the capital’s previous record in 2022, which has now turned into rains that have triggered floods and landslides. .
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In Nepal, 171 people have died since monsoon rains began in mid-June, including 109 in landslides.
According to the disaster authority, other deaths were caused by floods and lightning strikes.
A search continues for two buses that crashed into concrete crash barriers in a rushing river in central Nepal’s Chitwan district on July 12, killing about 50 people.
Monsoon rains across the region from June to September provide a respite from the summer heat and are also critical for water availability. Rains here mean livelihoods for millions of farmers and food security for nearly two billion people in South Asia, but due to climate change, these rains are now causing mass deaths.
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2024-08-14 10:25:29
