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Huh, I didn't believe you at first but apparently there was indeed very severe flooding in 2010, and again in 1992. That said, back in 1992 this only affected
by handoflixue 4y ago
Huh, I didn't believe you at first but apparently there was indeed very severe flooding in 2010, and again in 1992.
That said, back in 1992 this only affected 3 million people, and now it's 30 million. The population of the country only doubled over the same time span, so it seems like this year's flooding is easily five times worse than before
- MrRiddle 4y agoMaybe the increase of population was mostly in affected areas, not 5 times worse.
- pengaru 4y ago> back in 1992 this only affected 3 million people, and now it's 30 million. The population of the country only doubled over the same time span, so it seems like this year's flooding is easily five times worse than before Or the distribution of people living in the flood plane drastically changed in that period. See my other comment @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32653203 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32653203
- hahaitsfunny 4y ago
- piceas 4y agoLand-use matters. I don't have a good link but there has been reporting on the topic. e.g. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-environment-forests-feature-idUSKCN1R21CW https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-environment-fore...