Torrential rains in Pakistan's largest city cause flash flooding and infrastructure damage, leaving at least 15 dead since Saturday
On Sunday night, more than 60 millimeters of rain fell in Karachi, equivalent to an entire months' worth of rainfall in just a matter of hours.For several months every summer, Pakistan struggles to contend with heavy monsoon rains, but in recent years experts say climate change is accelerating existing weather patterns. On Sunday, Pakistan's climate change minister, Sherry Rehman, issued flash flood warnings for residents in more than 14 cities and townships.
Other provinces, including Balochistan in the southwest, have also experienced extreme rainfall in recent days. At least 87 people have been killed in the province due to"heavy rainfall, floods and infrastructure collapse" this month alone, according to a report from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority .Two people -- a woman and a child -- died on Sunday after a roof collapsed in the province's Jaffarabad district, according to Naseer Nasar, PDMA director general.
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