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August 22, 2022

Dozens Killed as Monsoon Rains Trigger Flooding and Landslides Across South Asia
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In other climate news, monsoon rains have triggered flooding and
mudslides across northern India in recent days, inundating hundreds of
villages and leaving at least 50 people dead. In neighboring Pakistan,
weekend flooding killed three dozen people, while heavy rains brought
flash floods to eastern Afghanistan, destroying thousands of homes and
killing at least 20 people. In Sudan, officials say flooding has
destroyed over 14,000 homes and claimed 77 lives during this year's
rainy season. Here in the United States, a new study finds the climate
crisis has doubled the chance California could be hit by a "megaflood"
that would bring widespread catastrophic flooding across virtually all
of the state's lowlands.


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