30,000 Americans will die from wildfire smoke annually according to a new study published in Nature. In some years, that could rise to 71,000.
Highest mortality will be in California and New York. Other hard hit states will be Texas, Pennsylvania, Washington.
Economic impact of those deaths could hit $608 billion per year.
continuing the thread on the ongoing #Monsoon
Roughly 300 killed by climate across #Pakistan so far, 100s injured, 1000s of families feeling the effects
#ClimateChange is here and its a #ClimateCrisis now
We have all seen the horrific video from #India next door of an entire village being swept away in a #Flood. Same weather systems
Going to share news only instead of forecasts now, getting too much
#SouthAsia #Asia #Rain #GLOF #Floods #ClimateDeaths #ClimateDiary
#Floods hammering #Pakistan as of last night.
Over 60 people dead across #Punjab in the last 24hrs.
400mm (15.7 inches) of rain overnight due to a #cloudburst, triggering flash floods
Disappointing how the western colonialist line "dont be alarmed, these things are usual in these parts" made it to this article as well.
CLIMATE DISASTERS ARE NEVER "THE NORM"!
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Monsoon #FlashFloods #ClimateDeaths #SouthAsia #GlobalSouth #ClimateDiary
"This exceptional year of extreme weather shows how dangerous life has already become... and highlights the urgency of moving away from planet-heating fossil fuels as quickly as possible."
On 50C #Heatwaves produced by #ClimateChange and turbocharged by one of #SouthAsia's worse #HeatIslandEffect, a direct result of the american car-centric #urbanPlanning ideology pushed throughout the world.
Mass #ClimateDeaths are just on the horizon for #Karachi and similar cities.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1857115/karachi-and-the-heat-trapped-in-it
Further north, in #Pakistan 's mountainous province of #GilgitBaltistan, a #heatwave the past week has cause #FlashFlood and #GLOF or a Glacial Lake Outburst Flow, a wall of water that floods down mountains once it's ice wall melts and breaks like a dam.
GLOFs have become "common" in Northern Pakistan in the past decade, washing away infrastructure, towns and farms almost annually.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1849999/gb-rivers-flood-as-heatwave-melts-glaciers
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #ClimateDeaths #SouthAsia #Gilgit #Paktodon
#Lahore was submerged while the provinces of #Punjab and #KP were deluged by #Monsoon #rains
356mm or a foot and a half of rain fell in THREE HOURS across the city.
45 people died and 132 injured across the province alone.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1849532
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDeaths #SouthAsia #Flood #Flooding #Pakistan #Peshawer #Paktodon #GlobalSouth
Spoke too soon.
" #LAHORE: Twelve people died and 27 others were injured while 14 houses collapsed due to heavy rains during the last 24 hours in various parts of the province."
"The dead included five children, three women and four men while three persons died due to lightning in #Narowal and #Multan districts."
https://www.dawn.com/news/1845640/12-die-27-injured-in-punjab-rains-in-24-hours
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#ClimateChange #ClimateDeaths #ClimateDiary #Monsoon #SouthAsia #Pakistan #Punjab #Asia #ClimateCrisis
"While the #Pakistan Meteorological Department said that #Karachi weather will return to โnormalโ from Sunday (today) with the sea breeze expected to resume..."
"Also on Saturday, the Edhi Foundation reported to have received 142 bodies at its three morgues on Friday."
The sea breeze did not return on Sunday, more people succumbed to the heat instead.
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#ClimateDeaths #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #HeatWave #SouthAsia #ClimateDiary #GlobalSouth #Asia #SEA
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