As climate change wreaks havoc across the globe, its impact is especially pronounced in the Hindu Kush, where communities have long lived in close proximity to rugged, unforgiving terrain.
Flood Forecasting Division warns flows may rise further by July 25 amid new monsoon spell; urban flooding likely in parts of Punjab, KP and Balochistan.
Most recent deaths reported from North Waziristan, where 2 people drowned in Tochi River; important trade and communication route blocked in Lower South Waziristan after landslides.
Search for other commuters under way; six fatalities, including those of Afghan returnees, reported in rain-related incidents in KP; man electrocuted to death as parts of Lahore receive heavy showers.
Flood Forecasting Division warns of low- to medium-level flooding in Chenab and Ravi over next 24 hours; woman, two children killed after landslide buries their house in AJK’s Kotli.
Biblical sites in occupied West Bank, Lebanese castles, South Sudan’s savannahs and grasslands among fast-tracked nominations; Russia’s Lake Baikal under scrutiny over mounting ecological damage.
The accident occurred last Wednesday at the Antony Waste plant on the outskirts of Pune, when thousands of tonnes of waste from a nearby landfill gave way.
“The combination of substantial warming and precipitation is likely to substantially accelerate snow and ice melt in the glaciated valleys of these regions,” it says.
WWF-Pakistan has implemented over 320 nature-based solutions interventions across 16 districts of GB, KP and Punjab over the past five years, benefiting more than 500,000 people.
Suparco says obstructed floodplain could trigger overbank flooding, debris flows; satellite imagery shows number of "unfrozen lakes" increased from 24 to 40 in just two weeks.
