WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - Torrential downpours claimed the lives of more than 1,000 in Pakistan, where almost half a million people are in relief camps. A massive deluge crashed across Mississippi in the past week, leaving the roughly 150,000 residents of capital city Jackson without reliable access to clean drinking water. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Torrential downpours claimed the lives of more than 1,000 in Pakistan, where almost half a million people are in relief camps. A massive deluge crashed across Mississippi in the past week, leaving the roughly 150,000 residents of capital city Jackson without reliable access to clean drinking water.
In Pakistan alone, officials estimate the damage at more than US$10 billion - a toll that was part of what forced the country to secure a US$1.1 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund in order to avert an imminent default. Downpours have hit places as varied as India, the US South and Britain.
"Heavier downpours and more frequent flooding are clear fingerprints of the climate crisis," she said.The droughts and floods are connected. That's partly because when moisture in the air is diverted from one region, it gets dumped somewhere else. "That increases the ceiling on how intense precipitation can become," Swain said, adding that the hotter atmosphere also allows more water evaporation.
Now, the southwestern province, one of the country's most populous, is being hit by floods. More than 119,000 people have been evacuated, and authorities are asking more than 300 mines, including 60 coal operations, to withdraw workers as a safety precaution. "With wet soils, high rivers, and full dams, and the spring outlook for above average rainfall, elevated flood risk remains for eastern Australia," the bureau said in a statement.
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