Pakistan’s new normal? Climate change triggers record monsoon floods
By France24
03 September 2022 |
1:58 pm
First the glaciers melt, then the heavens open. As Pakistan bails out from unprecedented monsoon flooding comes the stark realisation that this is not some freak of nature, it is the new normal for a nation that scientists rank among the most vulnerable to global warming. We ask about the challenges faced by rescuers.
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