As climate change continues to unravel its catastrophic effects, third world country like Pakistan suffers from worsening floods causing displacements, deaths, and doom.
The recent accounts of flood-based devastation include the rescue teams and family searching for the body of one-year-old Zara. Swept away by the floods, her parents and siblings were found much earlier. Zara’s grandfather “Arshad” says, “We suddenly saw a lot of water. I climbed up to the roof and urged them to join me.” He added a tragic detail, saying his family tried to join him, but too late. The powerful current washed away all six of them.
Every year, monsoon brings deadly floods in Pakistan. This year, in late June, the flood killed over a thousand people. For instance, around 6.9 million people had to suffer and becoming climate refugees, lose land, livestock, crops, businesses and what not. The United Nations agency for humanitarian affairs or OCHA reported these statistics while expressing need for effective measures to avoid floods based devastation.
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The South Asian nations specifically stand to struggle from the effects of climate change. Despite contributing only 1% to the global greenhouse gas emissions, the nations suffer heavily.
The tragic thing about climate change is that it impacts those already suffering to survive in an economically challenging environment. People have lost their home and loved ones in this year’s devasting floods. Hence, there is an immense need for government to take effective measures and avoid such incidents from happening again.
In such hard times, the people of Pakistan came forward to support each other. This is something that the even world has witnessed. Community is a powerful asset. For instance, when Wasit Khan woke up to the rushing flood filled with chunks of ice and debris, he began to warn the villagers. He said, “I told everyone to leave their belongings, leave the house, take their wives, children, and elderly people and get away.”
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