Death toll in Pakistan floods passes 1,280 -- and a third of them are children

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CNN

By Idris Mukhtar, Hannah Ritchie and Tara Subramaniam,

(CNN)Humanitarian agencies have warned Pakistan is in need of long-term aid as the death toll from its catastrophic flooding continues to climb.

The cumulative number of deaths since June 14 rose to 1,282 on Saturday, the country's National Disaster Management Authority reported, and almost a third of the victims are children. On Saturday alone there were a further 57 deaths, 25 of them children.

Aid agencies warn the country's woes are far from over -- and that as the disaster continues to unfold children will be among the most vulnerable.

The flooding -- the result of a combination of record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan's northern mountains -- has been described as the worst the country has ever seen.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/04/asia/pakistan-september-death-toll-intl-hnk/index.html

[Stuart G]

1. K and R. Thanks for posting.

[NullTuples]

2. Republicans: But were they Christian children?

And no, I'm not being flippant. I'm pissed about how little they regard the lives of children who aren't part of their culture.

[Kaleva]

5. People are dying in east Africa because of climate change

But there's very little discussion about that here. I think it would be different if it was whites dying.

[NullTuples]

7. Of that I have no doubt.

[RussBLib]

3. more evidence of climate change

hard to imagine what that country is going through

[IcyPeas]

4. Pakistan contains more glacial ice than any other country on earth outside the polar regions

"Why should melting Himalayas scare you? Look at Pakistan"

The floods are not just the result of extreme weather hitting the country, the glaciers melting in the Himalayas have worsened the crisis.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore have recorded extreme melting in the Himalayan glaciers due to intense summer and heatwaves earlier this year. They have been tracking the extent of snow cover, ice formations, and discharge from seasonal snowmelt for over 15 years.

"We had installed it in June and by August we couldn't even find the remnants. We had an intense heat wave in early summer when temperatures in March and April broke 100-year records. And we have had resulting glacial melt. Our team was on a glacier last week and we have seen record-breaking melt in the Himalayas," Mohammad Farooq Azam, a glaciologist at IIT Indore told Bloomberg.

https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/why-should-melting-himalayas-scare-you-look-at-pakistan-1995684-2022-09-02

With more than 7,253 known glaciers, Pakistan contains more glacial ice than any other country on earth outside the polar regions.[2] Almost all of them are located in the northern regions of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

[NickB79]

6. It's only just begun for them

Most of their farms were damaged or destroyed, and winter is coming.

Lack of food and shelter, combined with disease, will kill thousands more.

[Stuart G]

8. K and R...Thanks for posting..