“It’s not over yet,” Climate Progress’ Emily Atkin reports, in her continuing coverage of severe flooding in the Kashmir. Nearly two weeks after torrential rains and major flooding in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and Eastern Pakistan, “between 150,000 and 200,000 people are stuck in partially underwater buildings,” she writes, “and the proximity of so many people to dirty, stagnant water is increasing fears that an outbreak of waterborne disease is on the horizon.” In the village of Bonpora, “standing water is still five feet high and teeming with trash and dead chicken carcasses.”
- Be among the first to read The Energy Mix Weekender
- A brand new weekly digest containing exclusive and essential climate stories from around the world.
- The Weekender:The climate news you need.
