Pakistan faces 100% high chances of setting new heatwave records
People cool off from the heat as they are sprayed with water jetting out from a leaking water pipeline in Karachi, Pakistan, June 25, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
Pakistan and India face 100 per cent increased chances of setting new heatwave records due to the current trend of climate change, said a recent report by the British Meteorological Agency.
The region should expect weather warmer than the hottest weather of 2010 every three years, BBC Urdu reported.
The met agency further said that such weather is faced only once in 312 years without climate change.
According to the shocking revelation, the four major signs of climate change; concentration of greenhouse gases, sea temperature, sea-level rise and sea acidity have all set new records.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has termed the report a "disappointing story" about the failure of humanity to overcome climate change.
Due to the situation at hand, the ongoing heatwave may intensify further during the weekend.
The report concludes by stating that both Pakistan and India should expect a similar severity of weather almost every year.
The situation calls for emergent measures to tackle the issue to curb or at least minimise the potentially devastating effects of the rising heat.