By: Catherine Wang

Almost every year, Pakistan suffers big and destructive floods throughout its monsoon season. Monsoon season is deadly and horrifying. This year so far, there have been almost 300 casualties. To make things worse, with Pakistan’s poor architecture, including unsupported roads, highways, and buildings, damage has been extensive. Even the authorities admit that at least 5,600 houses were destroyed.

Monsoon season begins when the crisp, cold winter air leaves and the humid, moist air starts blowing water from nearby oceans while adding fuel to the flames. For several years, at least 10,000 people have died from the monsoon season, and the country has lost about $4 billion worth of architecture and roads.

If it wasn’t already bad enough, climate change is getting worse. Pakistan is reported to have one of the most extreme progressions of climate change impacts in the world. Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s minister of climate change, said that because of climate change, there was 87% more rain than last year, a record-setting amount. She also warned that Pakistan would get flooded even more, admitting “This is a national disaster.”

For the past few monsoon seasons, floods have been less strong and severe as this season’s floods. This is mainly due to infrastructure getting older and weaker with a climate change cherry on top.

Sadly, for now, we can only hope that the monsoon season will end soon and that there won’t be too many more fatalities.