Publication Date July 25, 2022 | Climate Nexus Hot News

Deadly Weather Whiplash In Pakistan, Iran

Pakistan & Iran
Laborers carry produce as they wade through a flooded road after heavy rainfall, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (Credit: AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Laborers carry produce as they wade through a flooded road after heavy rainfall, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (Credit: AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

At least 282 people have died in Pakistan over the last five weeks as heavy rains and flooding continue to pummel the country. The country has already faced a prolonged extreme heatwave this year made 30x more likely because of climate change. It is also struggling to keep its lights on as fossil fuel geopolitics have pushed energy prices to prohibitive levels.  In Iran, flash floods killed at least 21 in Fars province over the weekend. That province, and the nation overall, is suffering through a prolonged drought that has led to social unrest the government there has suppressed with violence. (Pakistan: APNew York Times $; Iran: AP)

(Climate Signals background: Extreme precipitation increaseDrought)

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