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By Amjad Ali Islamabad, May 31 (EFE).- The impact of global warming and climate change in Pakistan has caused unusual rain patterns, rising temperatures, drought, and growing instances of a sudden, sometimes deadly, outburst of torrents of glacial water coursing downstream from the mountains. Earlier this month, flooding from the Shisper glacier washed away over …

The Shisper glacial lake outburst flood earlier this month dramatically washed away not just houses but also a bridge in Hunza.

KATHMANDU: Water scarcity in Kuinkel Thumka, a mountainous village in eastern Nepal, has for years made life difficult for residents — until a few months ago, when they started to capture excess rainfall during the monsoon season. Located in the Middle Hills, between the Himalayas and Tarai, the village of 850 people lies in Kavrepalanchok district of Bagmati province, where

Islamabad, May 12 (EFE).- Pakistan health authorities issued an alert Thursday as a severe heatwave gripped several parts of the country and which is expected to last a week with temperatures going up to 49 degrees Celsius, officials said. The Meteorological Department in the southern province of Sindh said the prevailing severe heatwave was expected …

A record-breaking heat wave in Pakistan caused flash flooding when a glacial lake overflowed. Leaders linked the incident to the climate crisis.

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Hunza’s Hassanabad Bridge, which collapsed due to a GLOF over the weekend Due to the ongoing heatwave that is forecast to raise day temperatures in Pakistan’s northern areas by 7-9°C above normal, the Met Office has warned of potential flash floods in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan as the rate of melting for snow and ice rises.

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PM Shehbaz directs concerned authorities to mobilise emergency measures; NHA assures people of immediate reconstruction

Massive glacial flood warning issued for GB, K-P