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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by handoflixue on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:49PM (#32692946)
Huh, I didn't believe you at first but apparently there was indeed very severe flooding in 2010, and again in 1992.

That said, back in 1992 this only affected 3 million people, and now it's 30 million. The population of the country only doubled over the same time span, so it seems like this year's flooding is easily five times worse than before

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by pengaru on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:55PM (#32693015)
> back in 1992 this only affected 3 million people, and now it's 30 million. The population of the country only doubled over the same time span, so it seems like this year's flooding is easily five times worse than before

Or the distribution of people living in the flood plane drastically changed in that period. See my other comment @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32653203

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by piceas on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:14PM (#32693252)
Land-use matters. I don't have a good link but there has been reporting on the topic.

e.g. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-environment-fore...

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by MrRiddle on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:53PM (#32692989)
Maybe the increase of population was mostly in affected areas, not 5 times worse.
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