Climate studies warn of back-to-back extreme weather events due to human-caused global warming. Pakistan is Exhibit A.
Before and after flooding in Gudpur, Pakistan, on Aug. 30, 2022. Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies., with normally dry land transformed into lakes when viewed from space. More than 1,000 people are dead, and 33 million affected after about eight weeks of heavy monsoonal rains.The scale and severity of this event are staggering, with the area and population affected exceeding the severity of disastrous flooding seen in 2010, which cost about $10 billion.
In Sindh Province, where Karachi is located, August precipitation has averaged about 470% of normal, with some spots seeing 40 inches or more since July 1, while in Balochistan, the rain during the past month has reached 400% of average, Saeed said, citing Pakistani government figures. Within these storms, the climate-change-related increase in moisture can be a lot higher than the 7% increase would suggest, as they draw warm, moist air from vast distances and concentrate it over smaller areas.
“Those who are stranded at the moment,” on the roofs of their houses, Saeed said, “They had nothing to contribute to climate change and still they are there, under the open skies.”The floods are hitting at a particularly vulnerable time, with turmoil in Pakistan's government, and an economic crisis that may make recovery more difficult.
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