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@SiR_GameZaloT@paktodon.asia#Lahore hit by first #Monsoon rain
Though a 40 yr record was broken, and the rains seem heavier than last year, will need to see how they unfold over the coming days to see if they turn destructive or no
Since twitter's implosion its hard to access verified info in real time (partly why Risham and I set up #Paktodon as an alternative), but so far the city doesn't seem "overwhelmed" yet
https://www.dawn.com/news/1845535/heaviest-monsoon-downpour-overwhelms-lahore
#ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #Pakistan #SouthAsia #ClimateCrisis #rain #UrbanFlood
PDMA expects wet spell to continue until July 15; CM…
www.dawn.comBeijing Floods, Scientific comment in Nature
Comment in Nature on latest China Floods, causes, mitigation:
* vulnerability to #Floods increased due to rapid development, proliferation of impermeable surfaces.
* #urbanization has also wiped out many of Beijing’s #wetlands which act as a sponge
* drainage systems in Beijing have failed to keep pace with rapid development.
On top of this you have a warmer atmosphere due to #ClimateChange allowing for increased water carrying capacity for more intense rainfall like the record dumping of 745mm of rain on the Beijing over 5 days — 4 x the city’s average August rainfall.
China so far addressing this through 'Sponge' cities, but at the moment this is based on average rainfall event and not extreme events.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01258-9
#Extremeweather #Extremerainfall #Beijing #Flooding #UrbanFlood
@SiR_GameZaloT@paktodon.asiahttps://www.dawn.com/news/1767064/ignoring-climate-thresholds
" #Pakistan's climate emergency is unfolding like a horror movie where each scene is more frightening than the last. We are constantly lurching from one climate disaster to another, with no time to step back"
#SouthAsia #India #Afghanistan #Bangladesh #Heatwave #Floods #UrbanFlood #Rain #Monsoon #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateChange #ClimateDeaths #ClimateDiary #GlobalSouth #GlobalWarming
Parts of Sindh and Balochistan are approaching the…
www.dawn.com @SiR_GameZaloT@paktodon.asia"At least 50 people, including 8 children, have been killed by #floods and #landslides triggered by #monsoon rains that have lashed #Pakistan since last month, officials said on Friday."
"Officials in #Lahore said it had received record-breaking rainfall on Wednesday, turning roads into rivers and leaving almost 35pc without electricity and water this week."
(City pop: 14 million)
via #Dawn
https://www.dawn.com/news/1763462/at-least-50-dead-in-monsoon-floods-across-pakistan-since-june-25
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Paktodon #India #Bangladesh #Rain #UrbanFlood
NDMA says 87 people were injured, majority of deaths…
www.dawn.com @SiR_GameZaloT@paktodon.asiaMy city, the 2nd largest city in the country, is partially flooded, with electricity outages due to rain widespread.
The City Gov just announced 30yr old MONTHLY rain records for July were shattered in LESS THAN 10 HOURS.
Timeline is full of Lahoris in shock and complaining about this.
But whats "trending" on #twitter here?
Absolutely everything except rain, or floods, or #Lahore.
Discourse sanitized nicely
#Pakistan #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Rain #UrbanFlood #SouthAsia #ClimateDiary
@SiR_GameZaloT@paktodon.asia"30yr old #Rain records broken in #Lahore, Unprecedented 291mm of rain in less than 10 hours!"
- Monsoon Control Room, Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA)
Braved it and biked home. Theres a foot of water in my street.
Lahore Canal was threatening to overflow, every underpass on the Canal road was flooded.
I have NEVER seen this road flood. EVER.
Or the Canal be THIS full.
The next spell is in 6hrs...
#Pakistan #Flood #UrbanFlood #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Rains
