"Thành phố bọt biển": Giải pháp chống lũ lụt đô thị bền vững của Trung Quốc, bảo vệ môi trường và giảm biến đổi khí hậu. #thanhphobotbien #lutlo #do thị #baovemoitruong #bienchangekhihau #spongecity #urbanflood #environmentalprotection #climatechange

https://vtcnews.vn/thanh-pho-bot-bien-giup-chong-lut-o-do-thi-trung-quoc-the-nao-ar969963.html

Chỉ sau cơn mưa lớn kéo dài gần 2 giờ, các tuyến đường TPHCM ngập sâu thành 'sông', người và xe máy chao đảo, ngã nhào giữa dòng nước cuồn cuộn. Tình trạng ngập lụt quen thuộc lại xảy ra!

#TPHCM #NgậpLụt #MưaLớn #Saigon #Flooding #HoChiMinhCity #UrbanFlood

https://vietnamnet.vn/chi-sau-con-mua-duong-tphcm-lai-thanh-song-nguoi-va-xe-dua-nhau-boi-tren-pho-2448855.html

First big #Rain of the #Monsoon in #Lahore floods the city, 44-yr record broken

A foot of rain fell in just 3 hours early in the morning, houses, hospitals flooded

My own family home, despite being raised from the street, is under half a foot of water. This has NEVER happened before.

And theres nothing we can do for now...

Will update the thread as more media reports online.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2484655/monsoon-rains-break-44-year-record-in-lahore

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #Pakistan #SouthAsia #Punjab #Flood #UrbanFlood

#Lahore hit by first #Monsoon rain

Though a 40 yr record was broken, and the rains seem heavier than last year, will need to see how they unfold over the coming days to see if they turn destructive or no

Since twitter's implosion its hard to access verified info in real time (partly why Risham and I set up #Paktodon as an alternative), but so far the city doesn't seem "overwhelmed" yet
 
https://www.dawn.com/news/1845535/heaviest-monsoon-downpour-overwhelms-lahore

#ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #Pakistan #SouthAsia #ClimateCrisis #rain #UrbanFlood

Comment in Nature on latest China Floods, causes, mitigation:
* vulnerability to #Floods increased due to rapid development, proliferation of impermeable surfaces.
* #urbanization has also wiped out many of Beijing’s #wetlands which act as a sponge
* drainage systems in Beijing have failed to keep pace with rapid development.

On top of this you have a warmer atmosphere due to #ClimateChange allowing for increased water carrying capacity for more intense rainfall like the record dumping of 745mm of rain on the Beijing over 5 days — 4 x the city’s average August rainfall.

China so far addressing this through 'Sponge' cities, but at the moment this is based on average rainfall event and not extreme events.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01258-9

#Extremeweather #Extremerainfall #Beijing #Flooding #UrbanFlood

https://www.dawn.com/news/1767064/ignoring-climate-thresholds

" #Pakistan's climate emergency is unfolding like a horror movie where each scene is more frightening than the last. We are constantly lurching from one climate disaster to another, with no time to step back"

#SouthAsia #India #Afghanistan #Bangladesh #Heatwave #Floods #UrbanFlood #Rain #Monsoon #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateChange #ClimateDeaths #ClimateDiary #GlobalSouth #GlobalWarming