Heavy rain and flash flooding across Pakistan have killed 45 people in just a few days since the start of the monsoon season, disaster management officials said Sunday.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24038889

Pakistan is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change, and its 240 million residents are facing extreme weather events with increasing frequency.

Wonder where they will move to when they’ve had enough ?

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  • Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I live near equator, We should have a hot summer this June and temperatures around 27-34°C in May-August, but instead we got the rainy like season.

      • Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Not at all, at least where I live I don’t experience flooding. But I recognize that there are floods elsewhere in my country, especially in places very close to the equator.

        I read somewhere it is predicted that there will be very wet season around the equator and it will last until December. This is very unusual for us, I realized people around me didn’t know this.

        • Jim East@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Oh, you mean that amount of rain. I thought that you meant that it just didn’t get as hot there because of the rainy weather. May I ask where you are? Is it a monsoon climate?

          • Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish
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            1 day ago

            it just didn’t get as hot there because of the rainy weather

            When the day starts, it will be very hot til around 12:00-13:00. between 14:00-16:00 when water vapor accumulates, it will rain heavily. But it happens randomly and regardless of the season as used to be.

            As far as I can tell, this has happened in the last two or three years, I don’t know what season it is. And it gets worse, since this January there has been no rainy season or summer.

            May I ask where you are? Is it a monsoon climate?

            I live in SEA, around May-August it should be summer. November-March is the monsoon.

            • Jim East@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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              1 day ago

              Oh shit. That sounds more like East Java than equatorial weather. And we’re not even in the ENSO influence now. La Niña? Accelerating climate change?

              Is the rain frequent enough that you can still grow food there?