Record monsoon flooding in Pakistan due to a confluence of factors

Enlarge / Flooding in Pakistan’s Sindh province. (credit: Ali Hyder Junejo) In August, Pakistan set destructive records as it averaged more than triple its normal August monsoon rainfall. In the southern provinces of Sindh and Balochistan, the number was seven to eight times the average. The resulting flooding killed around 1,500 people and displaced more […]