๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐•ต๐–Ž๐–‡๐–—๐–Š๐–Š๐–‘L โ‚ฒโฑซโ‚ฎ ๐ŸŒJul 5, 2023

Its been raining cats and dogs since 4am. Its 8am.

Got a call from home, apparently block's flooded already, 'dont come home till it clears'.

Theres another 7-8 hours of '#ThunderRain' forecast.

Great.

#Monsoon #Lahore #Pakistan #India #Bangladesh #SouthAsia #Rain #Downpour #Flood

Show threadaadilJul 5, 2023
@SiR_GameZaloT no electricity here for several hours ):
Show thread๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐•ต๐–Ž๐–‡๐–—๐–Š๐–Š๐–‘L โ‚ฒโฑซโ‚ฎ ๐ŸŒ

@aadil damn

2 hours and counting here. Its 10am now. Still stuck at work๐Ÿ˜•

And the 2nd '#ThunderRain' spell is in full swing๐Ÿ˜‘

Got a nice graphic from WASA Lahore Official they just posted on twitter. Its got a table of mm of rain recieved so far in #Lahore โ›ˆ

I have seen us withstand 200mm in 24hr spells tops, we getting close to breaking that limit๐Ÿ˜’

City might partially flood today. And theres a week more of this lol๐Ÿ˜‚

#Rain #Monsoon #Pakistan #SouthAsia #Flood #Floods #ClimateDiary

Jul 5, 2023 at 5:36amWeb
Show threadabhijithJul 5, 2023
@SiR_GameZaloT @aadil Take care. It has been raining non stop in South India too. My place has had multiple long blackouts because of it. No sign of floods in our area but there are reports of deaths from drowning in other parts of Kerala.
Show thread๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐•ต๐–Ž๐–‡๐–—๐–Š๐–Š๐–‘L โ‚ฒโฑซโ‚ฎ ๐ŸŒJul 5, 2023

"30yr old #Rain records broken in #Lahore, Unprecedented 291mm of rain in less than 10 hours!"

- Monsoon Control Room, Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA)

Braved it and biked home. Theres a foot of water in my street.

Lahore Canal was threatening to overflow, every underpass on the Canal road was flooded.

I have NEVER seen this road flood. EVER.

Or the Canal be THIS full.

The next spell is in 6hrs...

#Pakistan #Flood #UrbanFlood #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Rains

Show thread๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐•ต๐–Ž๐–‡๐–—๐–Š๐–Š๐–‘L โ‚ฒโฑซโ‚ฎ ๐ŸŒJul 5, 2023

My city, the 2nd largest city in the country, is partially flooded, with electricity outages due to rain widespread.

The City Gov just announced 30yr old MONTHLY rain records for July were shattered in LESS THAN 10 HOURS.

Timeline is full of Lahoris in shock and complaining about this.

But whats "trending" on #twitter here?

Absolutely everything except rain, or floods, or #Lahore.

Discourse sanitized nicely

#Pakistan #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Rain #UrbanFlood #SouthAsia #ClimateDiary

Show threadPauline von HellermannJul 5, 2023
@SiR_GameZaloT i am so sorry. It sounds terrible. Thank you sharing all this with is here - so important to get first hand accounts of what itโ€™s like to experience this
Show thread๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐•ต๐–Ž๐–‡๐–—๐–Š๐–Š๐–‘L โ‚ฒโฑซโ‚ฎ ๐ŸŒJul 7, 2023

"At least 50 people, including 8 children, have been killed by #floods and #landslides triggered by #monsoon rains that have lashed #Pakistan, officials said on Friday."

"Officials in #Lahore said it had received record-breaking rainfall on Wed, turning roads into rivers and leaving almost 35pc without electricity and water..."

(City pop: 14 million)

via #Dawn
https://www.dawn.com/news/1763462/at-least-50-dead-in-monsoon-floods-across-pakistan-since-june-25

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Paktodon #India #Bangladesh #Rain #UrbanFlood #ClimateDiary

At least 50 dead in monsoon floods across Pakistan since June 25

NDMA says 87 people were injured, majority of deaths reported in Punjab.

DAWN.COM