Over the past three years, floods have claimed victims in Central and South Asia
On May 11, the UN office announced the death of 300 people due to floods in Afghanistan. The death toll as a result of floods in Afghanistan has exceeded 300 people, more than 1,000 houses have been destroyed, the UN World Food Program (WFP) Office X in the emirate reported on social media. At the end of June 2022, 400 people were killed in Afghanistan due to floods in Kabul, Nangarhar, Khost, Paktika and other Afghan provinces. A day earlier, Khost and Paktika were hit by a devastating earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people. The AP reports that such extreme weather may be linked to climate change. Thus, in April 2024, Baluchistan (a Pakistani province) received 353% more rain than usual. Pakistani officials are calling this the wettest April in 30 years.
The number of refugees and migrants in 2021 has broken all previous records
More than 84 million people fled their homes between January and November 2021, according to the UN Refugee Agency