Devastation on repeat: How climate change is worsening Pakistan's deadly floods
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BBC Floods have swept across Pakistan, hitting urban and rural areas, including the capital of Punjab, Lahore
Rescuers and relatives searched knee-deep in water for the body of one-year-old Zara. She'd been swept away by flash floods; the bodies of her parents and three siblings had already been found days earlier. "We suddenly saw a lot of water. I climbed up to the roof and urged them to join me," Arshad, Zara's grandfather, said, showing the BBC the dirt road where they were taken from him in the village of Sambrial in northern Punjab in August. His family tried to join him, but too late. The powerful current washed away all six of them. Every year, monsoon season brings deadly floods in Pakistan. This year it began in late June, and within three months, floods had killed more than 1,000 people. At least 6.9 million were affected, according to the United Nations agency for humanitarian affairs, OCHA. The South Asian nation is struggling with the devastating consequences of climate change, despite emitting just 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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