As Europe experiences the fastest warming of any continent and record-breaking heatwaves, drought has exposed the need to reconsider business practices.
Floods along GT Road affect over 1,000 houses, inundate over 43,000 acres of land; official says water in affected villages receding, warns rainfall may cause floods again.
NDMA says heavy rains expected over next two days in AJK, GB and southern Sindh; another spell likely across the country from second week of September.
Junaid Anwar says mangroves acted as a natural shield against shoreline erosion, flooding and storm surges while protecting coastal communities, ports and marine biodiversity.
As climate change wreaks havoc across the globe, its impact is especially pronounced in the Hindu Kush, where communities have long lived in close proximity to rugged, unforgiving terrain.
Flood Forecasting Division warns flows may rise further by July 25 amid new monsoon spell; urban flooding likely in parts of Punjab, KP and Balochistan.
Most recent deaths reported from North Waziristan, where 2 people drowned in Tochi River; important trade and communication route blocked in Lower South Waziristan after landslides.
Search for other commuters under way; six fatalities, including those of Afghan returnees, reported in rain-related incidents in KP; man electrocuted to death as parts of Lahore receive heavy showers.
Flood Forecasting Division warns of low- to medium-level flooding in Chenab and Ravi over next 24 hours; woman, two children killed after landslide buries their house in AJK’s Kotli.
Biblical sites in occupied West Bank, Lebanese castles, South Sudan’s savannahs and grasslands among fast-tracked nominations; Russia’s Lake Baikal under scrutiny over mounting ecological damage.
