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Flash floods, landslides kill at least 50 people in Pakistan, India, officials say
2016-07-03 10:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 50 people in northern Pakistan and northern India, officials say. Key points: At least 43 killed in remote Pakistani village More than 40 feared dead in India's Uttarakhand state Thousands believed to be stranded in India At least 43 people were killed in Pakistan, most in a remote village that did not receive an evacuation warning before flash floods hit, washing away most of the settlement, officials said. The heavy monsoon rains...
Pakistan floods kill 28, including worshippers at mosque
2016-07-03 09:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flash floods triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 28 people in northern Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, including some who were swept away while praying at a mosque. Torrential rains began to pelt the Chitral district, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, on Saturday and continued into the night, residents said. Maghferat Shah, Chitral district administrator, said some residents were missing after flash floods swamped a local mosque in Drosh town in Upper Chitral....
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Flash floods kill 43 in northern Pakistan: Officials
2016-07-03 07:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AFP: Overnight flash floods killed at least 43 people in northern Pakistan, the majority in a remote village that did not receive an evacuation warning before the waters hit washing away most of the settlement, officials said Sunday. The heavy monsoon rains began late Saturday and were concentrated mainly in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has been badly affected by flooding in recent years that some scientists have linked to climate change.
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At least 43 killed in flash floods in Pakistan
2016-07-03 05:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Flash floods caused by overnight monsoon rains have killed at least 43 people in northern Pakistan, the majority from a village near the border with Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, as supplies were airlifted to survivors. The rains began late Saturday and were concentrated mainly in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has been badly affected by flooding in recent years that some scientists have linked to climate change. The worst hit district was Chitral, on the country's...
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Pakistan: Climate change: The perfect storm
2016-07-02 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dawn: Once again, Pakistan is on the list of most affected countries from climate change. Verisk Maplecroft, a UK-based global risk consulting firm, has ranked Pakistan 22nd in the Climate Change Vulnerability Index 2016 (CCVI); three of its cities are among the 69 considered most at risk from climate change including Lahore (on 7th place), Faisalabad (22nd) and Karachi (25th). While Pakistan was one of more than 170 countries that ratified the Paris Climate Agreement on April 22, which aims to limit...
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