5 Countries Hit by Flash Floods during 2024

DUBAI – The first semester of 2024 was filled with many natural disaster tragedies, such as Flash floods which hit many countries. This is due to climate change and extreme weather which triggers rainfall to increase drastically.

Moreover, flash flood disasters have also hit many developed countries. Like the United Arab Emirates which was hit by floods and storms that paralyzed the airport in Dubai. Apart from that, the flood disaster in England also resulted in large losses.

5 Countries Hit by Flash Floods during 2024

1. United Arab Emirates

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According to Al Jazeera, the highest record rainfall occurred in the United Arab Emirates this April. It triggered deadly floods and chaos, caused in part by the climate crisis.

A team of 21 scientists and researchers, under the World Weather Attribution initiative, found that climate change caused extreme rainfall in both countries – which usually occurs during El Niño years – to be 10 to 40% more intense than without rainfall tall one. global warming.

During a period of less than 24 hours between April 14 and 15, the United Arab Emirates experienced the heaviest rainfall since records began 75 years ago. Dubai – a glitzy desert city accustomed to months without any rainfall at all – experienced the equivalent of more than a year and a half in that time, the analysis said.

Using scientific models, the team could not determine exactly how likely flooding would be due to climate change.

However, they concluded that global warming is the “most likely” factor driving higher rainfall, as the world’s 1.2 degree warmer atmosphere can now hold 8.4% more moisture, making extreme rainfall events more intense. Changes in circulation patterns caused by global warming also increase rainfall intensity, the analysis said.

2. Pakistan

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Lightning and heavy rain killed hundreds of people across Pakistan in April. At least 50 people died in Pakistan as a result of the storm that hit the country.

Most of the deaths in Pakistan were reported in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where heavy rains and flash floods triggered landslides, damaged homes and uprooted trees.

The rain caused dozens of houses to collapse in northwestern and eastern Punjab province. A spokesman for the provincial disaster management agency said 21 people had died.

3. England

Major rivers across England were flooded in April after heavy rain, with the government issuing more than 300 flood warnings, tour operators announcing serious disruption and around 1,000 homes suffering damage so far.