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Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?

Smriti Mallapaty

2022Nature57 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Huge swathes of the country are under water, following an intense heatwave and a long monsoon that has dumped a record amount of rain. Huge swathes of the country are under water, following an intense heatwave and a long monsoon that has dumped a record amount of rain.

Topics & Concepts

MonsoonEnvironmental scienceClimatologyGeologyFlood Risk Assessment and Management
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