Record breaking flooding continues to occur in Pakistan.
Over 1300 deaths have been contributed to the flooding. Many have had to evacuate as the storm leaves a wake of devastation across the region.
Pakistan does have a monsoon season. However, some regions have seen 500% more rainfall than normal from July 1 to August 31.
Compounding this problem the rain has been falling on their glaciers causing them to melt rapidly adding more water to their ever growing flooding.
33 Million people have been affected by the flooding.
Authorities recently breached the largest lake in the country flooding 100,000 more homes. Their hope was to prevent if from overflowing its banks and affecting an even more densely populated region. The water level has yet to drop and may still overflow the lake.
Extreme floods continue this morning in Malakand division of #Swat, #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/JBPDZDcqmT
— The Intel Consortium (@INTELPSF) August 26, 2022
Pakistan declares national emergency after devastating floods kill nearly 1,000 people and leave more than 30 million “badly affected” as monsoon rains continue ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/gcKmty1Vox
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 28, 2022
Hard to comprehend the scale of the flood disaster in Pakistan, the 5th most populated nation in the world.
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) August 30, 2022
Nearly 1400 dead, 1 million houses damaged or destroyed, and 50,000,000 people displaced.
1/3 of the country is underwater.pic.twitter.com/NFd15q3g7I
Truly gut wrenching imagery of the devastating floods in #Pakistan
— Joshua Stevens (@jscarto) August 30, 2022
Left: 🛰️ Landsat 8 on August 4
Right: 🛰️ Landsat 9 on August 28
More info and reporting from @GeoScienceSara: https://t.co/J6S5v5i0gB pic.twitter.com/HQ6oPPbwHK
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