The number of floods in Pakistan rose to 1486, and global warming is not the only reason

Polar news reporter Wang Liangliang Huang Jiaqi

According to Reuters, the Pakistan Disaster Administration data on September 15 showed that the flood brought by monsoon rainfall had killed 1486 people. Relevant departments said there were still hundreds of thousands of people sleeping in the wild after the disaster. Scientists analyze that the heavy rainfall that brings catastrophic floods to Pakistan may originate from global warming. In addition, the local natural environment is destroyed and infrastructure weakness has exacerbated the severity of the flood.

Pakistan's more than one -tenth area was flooded (Picture Source: Associated Press)

The number of deaths rose to 1486

The floods brought by the melting of the monsoon rainfall and the melting of the northern mountainous area have affected 33 million people. The flood covers the area of ​​more than one tenth of Pakistan. 1.7 million houses are destroyed. Losses are estimated to be $ 30 billion.

The National Disaster Administration said that the number of deaths caused by the flood reached 1486, of which about 530 children were.

Locals traveled through the flood flooding area (picture source: Associated Press)

In the Southern Pakistan Province, thousands of people are homeless because of floods. Many people sleep on the elevated road to avoid floods.

The Chief Minister of Xinde Province, Said, Murad Ali Ali Ali Shata, said in a statement on the 15th local time, "We have been buying tents from all the manufacturers available from Pakistan. One of the selfless returns without a tent. "

In the past few weeks, the relevant departments have built a flood prevention barrier to prevent the flood from entering key buildings such as power stations and houses. Farmers who left to try to save livestock are facing new threats because the feed is almost exhausted.

According to reports, Pakistan's rainfall in July and August was 391 millimeters, which was nearly 190%higher than the 30 -year average rainfall. The province of faith is one of the most affected areas.

Global warming is not the only reason for the flood

According to the "Guardian", scientists analyze the heavy rainfall weather that brings catastrophic floods to Pakistan may originate from global warming.

Climate scientists said that Pakistan's flood this time is a catastrophic incident of a century, but as global temperatures continue to rise, similar events may be more frequent in the future.

Flood flooding highways and crops (Picture Source: Broadcasting Corporation)

Climate scientist Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Empires of London, said that the "climate change played a very important role" caused by human factors, which can clearly see the "fingerprints" of global warming in Pakistan. This is consistent with the prediction of extreme weather climate scientists.

Due to the high degree of natural changes in the monsoon in the region, how the scientists cannot accurately quantify the climate crisis that causes the flood to cause floods. However, Orto said that if there is no human greenhouse gas emissions in the world, the possibility of Pakistan's floods will be much less likely.

Orto said: "We can say very confidently that if there is no climate change, (heavy rainfall) is unlikely to happen." "The intensity of rainfall has increased a lot." Scientists have found that historical records show that since humans have begun to the atmosphere of the atmosphere Since the medium -discharged greenhouse gas, the area in the region has increased sharply.

However, although the increase in rainfall is affected by climate change, local factors have also played a role in floods and its influence. For example, the forests in the area have been cut off for decades, mangrove swamps have been cleared, and the changes in artificial dams, irrigation and other changes in water channels have also affected the formation of floods. In addition, the local infrastructure is weak, such as the fragility of houses in areas that are susceptible to floods, which also means that more people die and suffer due to floods.

Ayesha Siddiqi, assistant professor at the Department of Geographical Department of Cambridge University, said: "(Flood) attacked places where the local social ecosystem was quite damaged. See the result of a single factor. "

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