1,000+ People Died In Pakistan’s ‘Apocalyptic’ Floods…

1,000+ People Died In Pakistan’s ‘Apocalyptic’ Floods Yet We’re Still Ignoring Climate Change

Devastating floods in Pakistan have been labelled a “climate dystopia” by the country’s climate minister and left a third of the country under water. If we don’t starting taking climate action seriously, these events will only get worse. More than 1,000 people have been killed in this year’s “monster monsoon”, which started in early June. The monsoon season is an annual event and essential for irrigation of crops, but this level of devastation is unprecedented. “Pakistan has never seen an unbroken cycle of monsoon [rains] like this,” Pakistan’s Climate Minister Sherry Rehman told DW News

Pakistan has never seen an unbroken cycle of monsoons like this.8 weeks of non-stop torrents have left huge swathes of the country under water.This is no normal season,this is a deluge from all sides, impacting 33 million plus people,which is the size of a small country. @dwnews pic.twitter.com/gYAbv9ldlH
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) August 28, 2022

One-third of Pakistan is under water. Frankly, no one has seen this kind of downpour & flooding before,and no one country can cope alone with the multiple, cascading effects of extreme weather, climate events. The monsoon pattern pic.twitter.com/ymawtZKtb6
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) August 29, 2022

The flooding in Pakistan is being driven by glacier melt from climate change. Pakistan has the most glaciers in the world outside the Arctic. https://t.co/JuwFDWkaAM
— Murtaza Hussain (@MazMHussain) August 26, 2022

Extreme floods continue this morning in Malakand division of #Swat, #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/JBPDZDcqmT
— The Intel Consortium (@INTELPSF) August 26, 2022

one of the most vulnerable countries

Terrible scenes in Pakistan. It has over 7,000 glaciers which are currently melting away.

Pakistan will pay a heavy price for climate change, even though it only contributes 1% of all global carbon emissions.
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) August 28, 2022

This horrific climate flooding in Pakistan yesterday wasn't even mentioned in the New York Times. It is caused by burning fossil fuels. The fossil fuel industry systematically lies and blocks action. Climate damage is irreversible. The media is failing humanity and the Earth https://t.co/5wQp5NonUH
— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) August 28, 2022

Anthony Albaneserefused to ditch fossil fuels he just approved gas-drilling in 47,000 square km of ocean