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At least 50 killed in floods, landslides as heavy monsoon rains hit Pakistan

lahore — At least 50 people, including eight children, have died in floods and landslides caused by the monsoon rains that have hit Pakistan since last month, officials said Friday. The summer monsoon brings 70 to 80 percent of annual rainfall to South Asia from June to September each year. It is vital to the livelihoods and food security of millions of farmers in an area of ​​nearly two billion people, but it is also devastating.

“Since the start of the monsoon on June 25, 50 people have been reported dead in various rain-related accidents across Pakistan,” a national disaster management official told AFP, while 87 were injured during the same period. He added that he did.

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Workers carry vegetable bags as they walk through flood waters after heavy monsoon rains on July 5, 2023 in Lahore, Pakistan.

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According to official data, the majority of deaths were in the eastern Punjab province, mostly from electrocutions and building collapses.

The bodies of eight children were found in a landslide in the Shangla district on Thursday in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Bilal Ahmed Faij, spokesman for emergency service Rescue 1122.

He said rescue teams were still searching for more children trapped in the rubble.

Officials in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, said Wednesday’s record rainfall turned roads into rivers and left nearly 35 percent of the population without electricity and running water this week.

The Meteorological Agency predicted more heavy rains across the country in the next few days and warned of possible flooding in the basins of major rivers in Punjab province. The province’s disaster management authority said Friday it was working to relocate people living along the waterway.

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A man pulls a boy in a cart down a flooded road during heavy monsoon rains in Lahore, Pakistan, July 5, 2023.

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Scientists say climate change is causing cyclonic storms and seasonal rains Becomes heavier and more unpredictable across regions.Last summer we had an unprecedented monsoon rain. submerge one-third of Pakistandamaged 2 million homes and killed more than 1,700 people.

Storms killed at least 27 people, including eight children, in the northwestern part of the country early last month alone.

Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country, accounts for less than 1% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, officials said. However, it is also one of the most vulnerable countries to extreme weather events caused by global warming.


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Scientists in the region and around the world are publishing more and more research results. urgent call for action to slow global warmingAmong them are chief scientists from the Nepal-based International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), which this year published a study on the risks associated with the rate of glacier melt in the Himalayas.

“We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible,” says ICIMOD chief editor Dr. Phillips Wester told CBS News’ Arashd Zalgar last month. “This is a clear call. The world is still increasing emissions year by year, and we are not doing enough.

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