Now, after heavy monsoon rains inundated large areas of the country, her classrooms are flooded and many of the 200 students left homeless, struggling to find enough food and care for injured relatives. Such extreme weather events in a short period of time have wreaked havoc across the country, killing hundreds of people, uprooting communities, destroying homes and infrastructure, and raising health and food security concerns. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Jacobabad has not been spared. In May, temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius, drying out canal beds and causing some residents to collapse from heatstroke. Today, parts of the city are under water, although the floods have receded since their peak. read more In the Khan neighborhood in the east of the city, houses have been heavily damaged. On Thursday, she said she heard screams from a neighbor’s house when the roof collapsed from water damage, killing their nine-year-old son. Many of her students are unlikely to return to school for months, having already missed class time during the brutal summer heat. “Jakomabad is the hottest city in the world, there are so many challenges… before people had heat stroke, now people have lost their homes, almost everything (in the flood), they have been left homeless,” he told Reuters. Nineteen people in the city of about 200,000 were confirmed dead in the floods, including children, according to the city’s deputy commissioner, while local hospitals said many more were sick or injured. More than 40,000 people are living in temporary shelters, mostly in overcrowded schools with limited access to food. One of the evacuees, Durr Bibi, 40, sat under a tent in a school garden and recalled the moment she fled when water poured into her home at night late last week. “I grabbed my children and ran out of the house with bare feet,” he said, adding that all they had time to take with them was a copy of the Koran. Four days later, she has not been able to procure medicine for her feverish daughter. “I have nothing, except these children. All the belongings in my house have been swept away,” he said.
EXTREME WEATHER
The level of disruption in Jacobabad, where many people live in poverty, demonstrates some of the challenges that extreme weather events linked to climate change can create. “One manifestation of climate change is the more frequent and intense occurrence of extreme weather events, and that is exactly what we have seen in Jacobabad as well as elsewhere globally in recent months,” said Athar Hussain, head of the Center for Climate Research and Development at COMSATS University in Islamabad. A study earlier this year by the World Weather Attribution Group, an international group of scientists, found that the heat wave that hit Pakistan in March and April was 30 times more likely to be caused by climate change. Global warming likely also exacerbated the recent floods, said Liz Stephens, a climatologist at the University of Reading in Britain. This is because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, which is eventually released in the form of heavy rainfall. Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, said the country, which is heavily dependent on agriculture, was reeling. “If you are a farmer in Jakobabad … you could not plant your crops because of the scarcity of water and the heat during the heat wave and now your crops have been damaged in the monsoons and floods,” he told Reuters in an interview. In Jacobabad, local health, education and development officials said record temperatures followed by unusually heavy rainfall were straining vital services. Hospitals that set up emergency heatstroke centers in May are now reporting an influx of people injured by the floods and patients suffering from gastroenteritis and skin conditions amid unsanitary conditions. The Jakobambad Institute of Medical Sciences (JIMS) said it had treated about 70 people in recent days for injuries from debris in the floods, including deep lacerations and broken bones. More than 800 children were admitted to JIMS for gastroenteritis in August during heavy rains, compared to 380 the previous month, according to hospital data. At the nearby Civil Hospital, where the premises are partially underwater, Dr Vijay Kumar said cases of patients suffering from gastroenteritis and other illnesses had at least tripled since the floods. Rizwan Shaikh, head of the Jacobabad Meteorological Office, recorded a high temperature of 51 degrees in May. He is now monitoring the persistent heavy rains and notes with concern that there are still two weeks left in the monsoon season. “All districts are in a very tense situation,” he said. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Syed Raza Hassan reported from Jacobabad and Charlotte Greenfield reported from Islamabad. Additional reporting by Gloria Dickie in London. Editing: Mike Collett-White and Alexandra Hudson Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
title: “From The Oven To The Flood The World S Hottest City In Pakistan Now Under Water Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-21” author: “Cheryl Sanders”
Now, after heavy monsoon rains inundated large areas of the country, her classrooms are flooded and many of the 200 students left homeless, struggling to find enough food and care for injured relatives. Such extreme weather events in a short period of time have wreaked havoc across the country, killing hundreds of people, uprooting communities, destroying homes and infrastructure, and raising health and food security concerns. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Jacobabad has not been spared. In May, temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius, drying out canal beds and causing some residents to collapse from heatstroke. Today, parts of the city are under water, although the floods have receded since their peak. read more In the Khan neighborhood in the east of the city, houses have been heavily damaged. On Thursday, she said she heard screams from a neighbor’s house when the roof collapsed from water damage, killing their nine-year-old son. Many of her students are unlikely to return to school for months, having already missed class time during the brutal summer heat. “Jakomabad is the hottest city in the world, there are so many challenges… before people had heat stroke, now people have lost their homes, almost everything (in the flood), they have been left homeless,” he told Reuters. Nineteen people in the city of about 200,000 were confirmed dead in the floods, including children, according to the city’s deputy commissioner, while local hospitals said many more were sick or injured. More than 40,000 people are living in temporary shelters, mostly in overcrowded schools with limited access to food. One of the evacuees, Durr Bibi, 40, sat under a tent in a school garden and recalled the moment she fled when water poured into her home at night late last week. “I grabbed my children and ran out of the house with bare feet,” he said, adding that all they had time to take with them was a copy of the Koran. Four days later, she has not been able to procure medicine for her feverish daughter. “I have nothing, except these children. All the belongings in my house have been swept away,” he said.
EXTREME WEATHER
The level of disruption in Jacobabad, where many people live in poverty, demonstrates some of the challenges that extreme weather events linked to climate change can create. “One manifestation of climate change is the more frequent and intense occurrence of extreme weather events, and that is exactly what we have seen in Jacobabad as well as elsewhere globally in recent months,” said Athar Hussain, head of the Center for Climate Research and Development at COMSATS University in Islamabad. A study earlier this year by the World Weather Attribution Group, an international group of scientists, found that the heat wave that hit Pakistan in March and April was 30 times more likely to be caused by climate change. Global warming likely also exacerbated the recent floods, said Liz Stephens, a climatologist at the University of Reading in Britain. This is because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, which is eventually released in the form of heavy rainfall. Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, said the country, which is heavily dependent on agriculture, was reeling. “If you are a farmer in Jakobabad … you could not plant your crops because of the scarcity of water and the heat during the heat wave and now your crops have been damaged in the monsoons and floods,” he told Reuters in an interview. In Jacobabad, local health, education and development officials said record temperatures followed by unusually heavy rainfall were straining vital services. Hospitals that set up emergency heatstroke centers in May are now reporting an influx of people injured by the floods and patients suffering from gastroenteritis and skin conditions amid unsanitary conditions. The Jakobambad Institute of Medical Sciences (JIMS) said it had treated about 70 people in recent days for injuries from debris in the floods, including deep lacerations and broken bones. More than 800 children were admitted to JIMS for gastroenteritis in August during heavy rains, compared to 380 the previous month, according to hospital data. At the nearby Civil Hospital, where the premises are partially underwater, Dr Vijay Kumar said cases of patients suffering from gastroenteritis and other illnesses had at least tripled since the floods. Rizwan Shaikh, head of the Jacobabad Meteorological Office, recorded a high temperature of 51 degrees in May. He is now monitoring the persistent heavy rains and notes with concern that there are still two weeks left in the monsoon season. “All districts are in a very tense situation,” he said. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Syed Raza Hassan reported from Jacobabad and Charlotte Greenfield reported from Islamabad. Additional reporting by Gloria Dickie in London. Editing: Mike Collett-White and Alexandra Hudson Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
title: “From The Oven To The Flood The World S Hottest City In Pakistan Now Under Water Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-02” author: “Anthony Jones”
Now, after heavy monsoon rains inundated large areas of the country, her classrooms are flooded and many of the 200 students left homeless, struggling to find enough food and care for injured relatives. Such extreme weather events in a short period of time have wreaked havoc across the country, killing hundreds of people, uprooting communities, destroying homes and infrastructure, and raising health and food security concerns. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Jacobabad has not been spared. In May, temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius, drying out canal beds and causing some residents to collapse from heatstroke. Today, parts of the city are under water, although the floods have receded since their peak. read more In the Khan neighborhood in the east of the city, houses have been heavily damaged. On Thursday, she said she heard screams from a neighbor’s house when the roof collapsed from water damage, killing their nine-year-old son. Many of her students are unlikely to return to school for months, having already missed class time during the brutal summer heat. “Jakomabad is the hottest city in the world, there are so many challenges… before people had heat stroke, now people have lost their homes, almost everything (in the flood), they have been left homeless,” he told Reuters. Nineteen people in the city of about 200,000 were confirmed dead in the floods, including children, according to the city’s deputy commissioner, while local hospitals said many more were sick or injured. More than 40,000 people are living in temporary shelters, mostly in overcrowded schools with limited access to food. One of the evacuees, Durr Bibi, 40, sat under a tent in a school garden and recalled the moment she fled when water poured into her home at night late last week. “I grabbed my children and ran out of the house with bare feet,” he said, adding that all they had time to take with them was a copy of the Koran. Four days later, she has not been able to procure medicine for her feverish daughter. “I have nothing, except these children. All the belongings in my house have been swept away,” he said.
EXTREME WEATHER
The level of disruption in Jacobabad, where many people live in poverty, demonstrates some of the challenges that extreme weather events linked to climate change can create. “One manifestation of climate change is the more frequent and intense occurrence of extreme weather events, and that is exactly what we have seen in Jacobabad as well as elsewhere globally in recent months,” said Athar Hussain, head of the Center for Climate Research and Development at COMSATS University in Islamabad. A study earlier this year by the World Weather Attribution Group, an international group of scientists, found that the heat wave that hit Pakistan in March and April was 30 times more likely to be caused by climate change. Global warming likely also exacerbated the recent floods, said Liz Stephens, a climatologist at the University of Reading in Britain. This is because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, which is eventually released in the form of heavy rainfall. Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, said the country, which is heavily dependent on agriculture, was reeling. “If you are a farmer in Jakobabad … you could not plant your crops because of the scarcity of water and the heat during the heat wave and now your crops have been damaged in the monsoons and floods,” he told Reuters in an interview. In Jacobabad, local health, education and development officials said record temperatures followed by unusually heavy rainfall were straining vital services. Hospitals that set up emergency heatstroke centers in May are now reporting an influx of people injured by the floods and patients suffering from gastroenteritis and skin conditions amid unsanitary conditions. The Jakobambad Institute of Medical Sciences (JIMS) said it had treated about 70 people in recent days for injuries from debris in the floods, including deep lacerations and broken bones. More than 800 children were admitted to JIMS for gastroenteritis in August during heavy rains, compared to 380 the previous month, according to hospital data. At the nearby Civil Hospital, where the premises are partially underwater, Dr Vijay Kumar said cases of patients suffering from gastroenteritis and other illnesses had at least tripled since the floods. Rizwan Shaikh, head of the Jacobabad Meteorological Office, recorded a high temperature of 51 degrees in May. He is now monitoring the persistent heavy rains and notes with concern that there are still two weeks left in the monsoon season. “All districts are in a very tense situation,” he said. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Syed Raza Hassan reported from Jacobabad and Charlotte Greenfield reported from Islamabad. Additional reporting by Gloria Dickie in London. Editing: Mike Collett-White and Alexandra Hudson Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
title: “From The Oven To The Flood The World S Hottest City In Pakistan Now Under Water Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “William Flores”
Now, after heavy monsoon rains inundated large areas of the country, her classrooms are flooded and many of the 200 students left homeless, struggling to find enough food and care for injured relatives. Such extreme weather events in a short period of time have wreaked havoc across the country, killing hundreds of people, uprooting communities, destroying homes and infrastructure, and raising health and food security concerns. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Jacobabad has not been spared. In May, temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius, drying out canal beds and causing some residents to collapse from heatstroke. Today, parts of the city are under water, although the floods have receded since their peak. read more In the Khan neighborhood in the east of the city, houses have been heavily damaged. On Thursday, she said she heard screams from a neighbor’s house when the roof collapsed from water damage, killing their nine-year-old son. Many of her students are unlikely to return to school for months, having already missed class time during the brutal summer heat. “Jakomabad is the hottest city in the world, there are so many challenges… before people had heat stroke, now people have lost their homes, almost everything (in the flood), they have been left homeless,” he told Reuters. Nineteen people in the city of about 200,000 were confirmed dead in the floods, including children, according to the city’s deputy commissioner, while local hospitals said many more were sick or injured. More than 40,000 people are living in temporary shelters, mostly in overcrowded schools with limited access to food. One of the evacuees, Durr Bibi, 40, sat under a tent in a school garden and recalled the moment she fled when water poured into her home at night late last week. “I grabbed my children and ran out of the house with bare feet,” he said, adding that all they had time to take with them was a copy of the Koran. Four days later, she has not been able to procure medicine for her feverish daughter. “I have nothing, except these children. All the belongings in my house have been swept away,” he said.
EXTREME WEATHER
The level of disruption in Jacobabad, where many people live in poverty, demonstrates some of the challenges that extreme weather events linked to climate change can create. “One manifestation of climate change is the more frequent and intense occurrence of extreme weather events, and that is exactly what we have seen in Jacobabad as well as elsewhere globally in recent months,” said Athar Hussain, head of the Center for Climate Research and Development at COMSATS University in Islamabad. A study earlier this year by the World Weather Attribution Group, an international group of scientists, found that the heat wave that hit Pakistan in March and April was 30 times more likely to be caused by climate change. Global warming likely also exacerbated the recent floods, said Liz Stephens, a climatologist at the University of Reading in Britain. This is because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, which is eventually released in the form of heavy rainfall. Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, said the country, which is heavily dependent on agriculture, was reeling. “If you are a farmer in Jakobabad … you could not plant your crops because of the scarcity of water and the heat during the heat wave and now your crops have been damaged in the monsoons and floods,” he told Reuters in an interview. In Jacobabad, local health, education and development officials said record temperatures followed by unusually heavy rainfall were straining vital services. Hospitals that set up emergency heatstroke centers in May are now reporting an influx of people injured by the floods and patients suffering from gastroenteritis and skin conditions amid unsanitary conditions. The Jakobambad Institute of Medical Sciences (JIMS) said it had treated about 70 people in recent days for injuries from debris in the floods, including deep lacerations and broken bones. More than 800 children were admitted to JIMS for gastroenteritis in August during heavy rains, compared to 380 the previous month, according to hospital data. At the nearby Civil Hospital, where the premises are partially underwater, Dr Vijay Kumar said cases of patients suffering from gastroenteritis and other illnesses had at least tripled since the floods. Rizwan Shaikh, head of the Jacobabad Meteorological Office, recorded a high temperature of 51 degrees in May. He is now monitoring the persistent heavy rains and notes with concern that there are still two weeks left in the monsoon season. “All districts are in a very tense situation,” he said. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Syed Raza Hassan reported from Jacobabad and Charlotte Greenfield reported from Islamabad. Additional reporting by Gloria Dickie in London. Editing: Mike Collett-White and Alexandra Hudson Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
