- When swathes of Pakistan were flooded last month due largely to unprecedented monsoon rainfall, many suspected that climate change was to blame.
- This is unlike more consistent heatwaves across the region that can be clearly modeled, noted report co-author Fahad Saeed, a researcher at the Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- The record rainfall that fell in August over Sindh and Balochistan, the worst affected regions in Pakistan’s south, were 726% and 590% higher than the monthly average.
Climate change likely worsened Pakistan extreme floods 15.09.2022
