In Saudi Arabia, heavy rainfall caused problems like closed schools and flooded roads in many areas. Places like Qassim had cars submerged in flash floods because of seven hours of rain, which measured over 10 centimeters in some spots. Red alerts were given for Qassim, Riyadh, Eastern Province, and Medina, warning of heavy rain, strong […]
Angelina Jolie, a famous American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and United Nations (UN) Special Envoy, is visiting Pakistan to see the devastation caused by unprecedented monsoon rains and floods in the country. Angelina Jolie is set to visit flood-ravaged Pakistan, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a statement Monday, in a trip intended to draw international […]
Pakistan is home to more glaciers than anywhere in the world outside the polar regions, but as the climate warms, it’s becoming more vulnerable to sudden outbursts of melting glacier water that have the power to bring widespread destruction to its people. The country’s chief meteorologist has warned that this year alone, Pakistan has seen […]
Striking new satellite images that reveal the extent of Pakistan’s record flooding show how an overflowing Indus River has turned part of Sindh Province into a 100 kilometer-wide inland lake. Swaths of the country are now underwater, and it is described as a “monsoon on steroids” brought the heaviest rainfall in living memory and flooding […]
Balochistan, the country`s area-wise largest province of Pakistan, is faced with an electricity crisis in these flash floods. A power supply of 220kV has been stopped from Uch-Sibi transmission line to the province on Thursday, August 26 afternoon, the Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) spokesperson said. Due to the suspension of 220kV from the Sibbi […]
