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Pakistan demands collective response to climate change as monsoon rains kill 657 since June
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday demanded a collective response from the nation to climate change impacts, state-run media reported, as Pakistan reels from devastating floods that have killed at least 657 since the onset of the monsoon rains in late June. Deadly floods in the country’s northern region, especially its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, have killed at least 323 people and injured 156 since Aug. 15, as per the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA).
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nytimes.com
Flash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 60 People in a Single Day
The country has faced heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change.
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arabnews.com
Over 150 killed in 24 hours as rains, floods batter northern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: At least 146 people were killed in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and eight in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region over the past 24 hours as heavy…
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More than 160 people killed as monsoon rains lash Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Heavy monsoon rains have triggered landslides and flash floods across northern Pakistan, leaving at least 169 people dead in the last 24 hours, national and…
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Pakistan fears repeat of 2022 flood disaster as rains kill over 300 in three days
ISLAMABAD: An official of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) warned on Sunday that Pakistan may face floods “of the same scale” as those witnessed in 2022, saying…
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Pakistan to compensate survivors for losses after floods kill 312 in northwest since Aug. 15
ISLAMABAD: The government in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province will compensate survivors of this week’s deadly floods, Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur…
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aljazeera.com
At least 337 killed in Pakistan floods, gov’t defends emergency response
Residents accuse officials of not warning them to evacuate as torrential rain, cloudbursts trigger deadly flooding.
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Pakistan forecasts more rains as deaths in northwest rise to 323 since Aug. 15
ISLAMABAD: The death toll from this week’s torrential rains and flooding in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has risen to 323 since Aug. 15, the KP Provincial Disaster…
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Pakistan demands collective response to climate change as monsoon rains kill 657 since June
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday demanded a collective response from the nation to climate change impacts, state-run media…
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Pakistan rains kill nearly 670 since June as authorities warn of more monsoon spells
ISLAMABAD: Torrential monsoon rains and subsequent floods have killed almost 670 people in Pakistan since late June, with the disaster management authority warning on Monday that…
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Pakistan continues to dispatch relief goods to flood-hit northwestern districts as over 340 killed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday said it had dispatched relief goods to flood-affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as…
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Pakistan approves $20.8 million flood aid as nearly 400 dead in latest monsoon spell
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top economic body on Tuesday approved a relief package worth Rs5.8 billion ($20.8 million) to support people affected by recent rains and flash floods in the…
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Monsoon floods kill 385 in Pakistan’s northwest province, Buner worst-hit district with 228 deaths
ISLAMABAD: Heavy rains, flash floods, landslides and house collapses have killed at least 385 people across Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province since Aug. 15,…