Several regions of the world are currently coping with severe
weather-related events: flash floods and widespread flooding in
large parts of Asia and parts of Central Europe while other
regions are also affected: by heatwave and drought in Russian
Federation, mudslides in China and severe droughts in sub-
Saharan Africa. While a longer time range is required to
establish whether an individual event is attributable to climate
change, the sequence of current events matches IPCC projections
of more frequent and more intense extreme weather events due to
global warming. The Monsoon activity in Pakistan and other
countries in South-East Asia is aggravated by the la Niña
phenomenon, now well established in the Pacific Ocean. The
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has been issuing
warnings since the onset of the pre-Monsoon season in mid-June
and issues continuous weather and flood advisories and warnings
to assist in emergency relief (http://www.pakmet.com.pk) Heavy
and persistent rainfall has been recorded si