Unprecedented floods hit: 1/3 of Pakistan's land is flooded, and many areas have become "sea"
Release time：2023-02-07 06:20:51 source：korpimaankyynel.com author：World Geography
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Unprecedented floods hit: 1/3 of Pakistan's land is flooded, and many areas have become "sea"
Pakistan, located in the northwest of the South Asian subcontinent, has a tropical climate. Almost three-fifths of the country's topography is mountainous and hilly, and the southern coastal area is desert. Therefore, the temperature in Pakistan is generally relatively high and the precipitation is relatively low. Under normal circumstances, the area with an annual precipitation of 250 mm accounts for more than 3/4 of the country's total area. Relatively speaking, the climate in Pakistan is relatively hot and dry. Although it looks relatively dry, Pakistan is now experiencing a rare flood, and 1/3 of the country has been flooded. What's going on?
Floods in Pakistan
August 29, 2022, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Since January 14, heavy rainfall has occurred in many areas of Pakistan, and severe floods have occurred in many areas of Pakistan. The number of affected people has exceeded 33 million, accounting for 15% of the total population of Pakistan. That is to say, about every One in seven Pakistanis was affected by the floods. Not only the affected population is large, but the affected area is also quite wide. Pakistan's Minister of Climate Change Shirley Lehman said that this flood has caused 1/3 of Pakistan's land to be submerged by water. Every June to September is the monsoon rainy season in Pakistan. During these months, there will be relatively more precipitation. In the past, heavy rainfall or floods have occasionally occurred. But this year, the local climate has changed to a certain extent, and the monsoon rainy season has come earlier. Not only that, but the rainfall is also significantly more than in previous years, so the rain will be more abundant. The New York Times reported that Pakistan's rainfall during this period was almost three times the average rainfall in Pakistan over the past 30 years. Among them, the rainfall this year in Sindh province in southeastern Pakistan is equivalent to 784% of the normal level, and the rainfall in the southwestern province of Balochistan this year is equivalent to 522% of the normal level. Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of Planning, Development and Special Projects of Pakistan, said that the floods cost them more than US$10 billion, almost 1 million houses were damaged, and 45% of the cotton crop was also damaged by the floods. destroyed. Not only that, wheat, fruits and vegetables, and rice fields were also severely affected, and it is expected that it will take five years to recover and rebuild. From the loss, the affected area, and the rainfall, we can see how serious the floods encountered in Pakistan this time are. On August 30, 2022, Pakistani Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif said the floods, which affected more than 33 million people, were the worst in Pakistan's history. Pakistan's climate change minister, Sheri Rahman, called the floods unprecedented. Many areas have turned into the sea, and the helicopters dispatched could not find dry ground to put food on.Extreme disaster or normalization?
Over the years, we have seen various disasters in many regions, some of which are indeed extreme. As early as April 29 this year, the World Meteorological Organization said that extreme heat swept across India and Pakistan, affecting hundreds of millions of people. Although there have been some high temperature heat waves in Pakistan and India in the past, this year's heat wave came earlier and lasted longer. There have been frequent extreme disasters in recent years. Will this become a normal thing in the future? In the case of extreme weather, there may not necessarily be a rare flood of persistent heavy rainfall, and there may be a rare drought or other disaster. Pakistan, for example, has nearly 7,000 glaciers, and with the extreme high temperature weather in Pakistan, these glaciers will accelerate the rate of melting. At the beginning of this year, the temperature in the Pakistani city of Nawabsha was close to 50 degrees Celsius, when a large number of glaciers melted to form as many as 3,000 new glacial lakes. One glacier melted and released millions of cubic meters of water, destroying a bridge, two power plants and hundreds of homes. In the face of natural disasters, we human beings are still very small. I hope these extreme disasters will not happen again. At the same time, I also hope that Pakistan will overcome this flood at an early date and rebuild its homeland.- Last：Mysterious giant craters keep appearing on the earth: bigger and bigger, bottomless, what is the omen?
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