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There is a slight decrease in humidity, which hovers between 70 and 80%, and an increase in temperatures. Rain in this month is inconsistent. During the monsoon of 2005 no rain occurred in the city raising the fears of drought but from 9 September till 11 September heavy rainfall lashed the city about 80 millimetres (3.1 in) rainfall was recorded.
Pakistan has seen many floods, the worst and most destructive is the recent 2010 Pakistan floods, other floods which caused destruction in the history of Pakistan, include the flood of 1950, which killed 2910 people; on 1 July 1977 heavy rains and flooding in Karachi, killed 248 people, according to Pakistan meteorological department 207 ...
A record-breaking 274 millimetres (10.8 in) of rain fell in Peshawar in 24 hours; [64] previously 187 millimetres (7.4 in) of rain was recorded in April 2009. [41] Other record-breaking rains were recorded in Risalpur, Cherat, Saidu Sharif, Mianwali, and Kohat regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
During August 2020, only Karachi received 484 mm (19 inches) rain. It is the highest rainfall record over the last 90 years. Rainwater and overflowed water from nullahs and drains flooded most of the main roads and streets in residential locations, a significant number of residential areas including urban slums and villages in peri-urban areas ...
The record breaking rain fell in just 10 hours. It was the heaviest rainfall in Pakistan during the past 100 years . [21] [22] The following is the Monsoon rainfall in Islamabad since 2006 based on the data from Pakistan Meteorological Department. [23] In 2006, a total of 962 millimetres (37.9 in) rain was recorded. [23]
From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused about US$40 billion in damage. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked to climate change.
The Ministry of Climate Change Urdu: وزارتِ موسمیاتی تبدیلی, wazarat-e- mosmyati tabdeeli (abbreviated as MoCC), is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan concerned with climate change in Pakistan.
Floodwaters and rain destroyed 700,000 acres (3,000 km 2) of cotton, 200,000 acres (800 km 2) acres each of rice and cane, 500,000 tonnes of wheat and 300,000 acres (1,000 km 2) of animal fodder. [40] [41] According to the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association, the floods destroyed 2 million bales of cotton, which increased futures prices.