(21 May 2024)
PAKISTAN HEAT WAVE
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lahore – 21 May 2024
1. Various of men splashing around in the water during extreme heat wave
2. Various of people buying and drinking water at stall
3. Various of pigeons drinking water from a bowl filled with ice cubes
4. Crow
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Islamabad – 21 May 2024
5. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Sahibzad Khan, Director General at the Pakistan Meteorological Department:
"The heatwave has started, especially in Sindh province and the southern parts of Punjab,. Even in Lahore, the temperature is around 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit). It is 40 degree (104 Fahrenheit) in Islamabad. Also in Sibi and Jacobabad, the temperature was 47 (Celsius, 116 Fahrenheit) yesterday. In the coming day, the temperature is expected to increase."
6. Various of children coming out of school after the government shortened the school day because of the heat wave
7. Sun shining
8. School exterior, children walking around
9. Sun, with tree in the foreground
10. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Anwar Sajjad, father:
"In this extreme hot weather when the temperature surpasses 40 degrees, the federal government has to announce a vacation (time off) immediately because children cannot survive."
11. Various of families sitting in park
12. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Sahibzad Khan, Director General at the Pakistan Meteorological Department:
"People should confine themselves to their homes for few a days. Yes, people have work to do but they should try keep a white cloth on their heads because this (way), they can protect themselves from the heat. Other colored cloths, especially black, are not advisable because these colors absorb heat."
13. Various of laborers working at construction site
14. SOUNDBITE (Punjabi) Muhammad Arif, laborer:
"We have to work in this hot weather, no other option. We have lots of water. What do we do? We have to work for bread."
15. Various of sugarcane juice stall, people drinking juice
16. Various of traffic on road
STORYLINE:
Authorities in Pakistan on Tuesday urged people to stay indoors as the country is hit by an extreme heat wave that threatens to bring dangerously high temperatures and yet another round of glacial-driven floods.
Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, is shutting all schools for a week because of the heat, affecting an estimated 18 million students.
The temperature has already reached 47 degrees Celsius (116 Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country and is expected to rise further, said Sahibzad Khan, Director General at the Pakistan Meteorological Department.
It’s the latest climate-related disaster to hit the country in recent years.
Melting glaciers and growing monsoons have caused devastating floods, at one point submerging a third of the country.
Pakistan recorded its wettest April since 1961, with more than double the usual monthly rainfall, according to the National Weather Center.
Last month’s heavy rains killed scores of people while destroyed property and farmland, experts say the country witnessed heavier rains because of climate change.
Pakistan is still trying to recover from $30 billion in losses caused by devastating climate-induced floods that killed 1,739 people in 2022.
According to health officials, hospitals were instructed to set up emergency heatwave response centers so that those affected by the scorching temperatures could be quickly treated.
Khan urged people to "confine themselves to their homes for few a days" and asked those who must leave the house to cover their head with a white cloth.
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