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Mountain Mudslide In Pakistan Creates 7-Km Lake, "Catastrophic" Floods Feared
A 7-km lake in northern Pakistan, created by a mountain mudslide, is threatening to burst and unleash potentially "catastrophic" floods downstream, officials warned on Saturday.
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Floods From Glacial Lake Outbursts Pose A Threat To Millions Worldwide: Report
For the first time, scientists have estimated how many people on the planet are at risk from these floods, and they have discovered that more than half of these populations reside in India, Pakistan, China, and Peru.
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Pakistan Risks "Extraordinary Misery" After Floods Without Global Help: UN
The international community must help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and boost climate resilience, or the country will be locked in misery, the head of the UN development agency told AFP.
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Pakistan Braces For More Floods, More Than 1,500 Dead, Now, Eye On India
Pakistan is facing the risk of fresh floods and more deaths, after unusually severe torrential downpours triggered by climate change submerged a third of the country and killed more than 1,500 people.
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Pakistan Floods: Over 3 Million Children At Risk, More Than 1000 Killed, 287,000 Houses Destroyed
More than three million children are at risk in Pakistan following the devastating floods, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Over 3 Million Children At Risk After Massive Floods In Pakistan: UNICEF
More than three million children are at risk in Pakistan following the devastating floods, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Pakistan Crafts Plan to Cut Carbon Emissions 30 Percent by 2025
As Pakistan struggles with the rising risks of floods and melting glaciers, it is crafting a plan to cut its planet-warming emissions under a new global climate deal due to be agreed in Paris in December.
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Pak floods: 3.5 million children at risk of flood diseases
With at least 1,500 dead and around 20 (m) million people displaced by Pakistan's worst flooding in more than a century, aid officials now fear the spread of disease through the floodwater.Many people get their water from open wells, which are now contaminated.Teams from international charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) are now supplying fresh w...
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Mountain Mudslide In Pakistan Creates 7-Km Lake, "Catastrophic" Floods Feared
A 7-km lake in northern Pakistan, created by a mountain mudslide, is threatening to burst and unleash potentially "catastrophic" floods downstream, officials warned on Saturday.
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Floods From Glacial Lake Outbursts Pose A Threat To Millions Worldwide: Report
For the first time, scientists have estimated how many people on the planet are at risk from these floods, and they have discovered that more than half of these populations reside in India, Pakistan, China, and Peru.
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Pakistan Risks "Extraordinary Misery" After Floods Without Global Help: UN
The international community must help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and boost climate resilience, or the country will be locked in misery, the head of the UN development agency told AFP.
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Pakistan Braces For More Floods, More Than 1,500 Dead, Now, Eye On India
Pakistan is facing the risk of fresh floods and more deaths, after unusually severe torrential downpours triggered by climate change submerged a third of the country and killed more than 1,500 people.
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Pakistan Floods: Over 3 Million Children At Risk, More Than 1000 Killed, 287,000 Houses Destroyed
More than three million children are at risk in Pakistan following the devastating floods, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Over 3 Million Children At Risk After Massive Floods In Pakistan: UNICEF
More than three million children are at risk in Pakistan following the devastating floods, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Pakistan Crafts Plan to Cut Carbon Emissions 30 Percent by 2025
As Pakistan struggles with the rising risks of floods and melting glaciers, it is crafting a plan to cut its planet-warming emissions under a new global climate deal due to be agreed in Paris in December.
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Pak floods: 3.5 million children at risk of flood diseases
With at least 1,500 dead and around 20 (m) million people displaced by Pakistan's worst flooding in more than a century, aid officials now fear the spread of disease through the floodwater.Many people get their water from open wells, which are now contaminated.Teams from international charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) are now supplying fresh w...
