Pakistan records its wettest April since 1961 - experts say climate change is to blame
Pakistan has recorded its wettest April since 1961, with more than double the usual rainfall for the month, the country’s national weather centre has announced. The Asian nation experienced days of extreme weather in April that killed scores of people as well as destroying property and farmland. Experts said Pakistan witnessed heavier rains because of climate change. Last month’s rainfall for Pakistan was a 164 per cent increase from the usual level for April, Pakistan’s national weather centre says. The intense downpours affected the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the southwest...