The flooding in Pakistan is a climate catastrophe with political roots

Vox | Aug 30, 2022 at 1:00 PM
  • Flash floods over the weekend left one-third of Pakistan submerged from weeks of heavy rains, compounding an already difficult set of political and economic crises in the country.
  • The catastrophic flooding has affected 33 million people, about 15 percent of the population.
  • All these crises have been exacerbated by the country’s political situation.