Flood-hit Pakistan breaches lake to avert overflow
Karachi, Pakistan Reuters Authorities in flood-hit Pakistan breached the country’s largest freshwater lake on Sunday, displacing up to 100,000 people from their homes but saving more densely populated areas from gathering flood water, a minister said. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan’s northern mountains have brought floods that have affected 33 million people […]
South Pakistan braces for yet more flooding as waters flow down from north
Dadu, Pakistan Reuters Southern Pakistan was braced for yet more flooding on Thursday as a surge of water flowed down the Indus river, threatening further devastation in a country already a third inundated, in a growing disaster blamed on climate change. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have triggered floods that have […]
India heatwave deaths rise to 36, poorest workers worst hit
Mumbai/Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A heatwave gripping India has killed 36 people with the poorest workers bearing the brunt, national disaster management officials said on Wednesday, warning that the record temperatures were impacting more states than in previous years. India’s capital Delhi recorded its highest-ever temperature of 48 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, while Churu in […]