Public reactions reveal a deep urgency, concern, and frustration regarding the ongoing glacial lake outburst floods in Pakistan. Many express sympathy for the victims and highlight the devastating impact of climate change, reflecting on how vulnerable populations bear the brunt of such disasters. The inadequacy of governmental disaster preparedness and infrastructure is also a recurring theme, with some commenters attributing the floods to natural historical patterns while others emphasize the human contribution to climate change as a critical factor. Overall, the sentiment is marked by a tragic acknowledgment of both natural and human failures.

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QualityVote

The flooded area in the circle is about the same size as Belgium.

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Will the lake drain naturally or is it there to stay now?

PM_ME_WHAT_Y0U_G0T

so while the whole world is waiting for rain it just all drops on Pakistan?

A3_bxl

Is it an often occuring thing or is it something else like infrastructure etc.?

antriksh_80

Evolveddinosaur

People still trying to say climate change has nothing to do with this

TacoSnaggler

That's fucking horrible for those negatively impacted, I'm so sorry for those who suffered

Gold-And-Cheese

Bunch of Reddit’s scientific elite weighing in on this thread with variations of “Isn’t it obvious that it was going to flood there?”

That’s why they are there.  They can grow food there, because of the water supply and soil quality from previous flooding. People live where the food can grow and that’s almost always by a major water feature.

I live in Saint Louis, a city that only exists because of the rivers that periodically cause major floods. It’s a real problem that can cause massive damage. This isn’t anything like those floods.  This would be like if a significant portion of the Mississippi valley flooded. 

That “lake” seems to to be approximately the size of New Jersey.

This is not normal.

Elbobosan

So the flooding was strong enough to move enough dirt that when it settled it not only dredge the river in the middle, but build up a dam at the end of river.

This is some impressively work by Mother Nature.

00x0xx

It looks very much that that’s geologically reoccurring to me. Guess it wasn’t a problem when  tens of millions of people weren’t living there.

failingtolurk

Is the death rate really in the thousands?? Thats super sad 😔

NecrocideASH

The people that contributed the least to global warming will suffer the most

Hematophagian

johnnieawalker

CoatOld7285

DuncanAndFriends

Supposedly, the flood was redirected by rich ppl to save their farming lands (non-residential) into neighbouring poorer residential areas. 

Source: Paki News

Thotshagger

It's free real estate until mother nature reclaimed it

Few_Eye6528

"inland lake" bro if it wasn't inland it'd be an ocean

thewhistlepiggy

As someone who lives in Pakistan (Karachi), citizens are donating their clothes, shoes, blankets and other stuff so the sufferers can hopefully get help and a roof above their heads. They're saying Karachi will be the next city to get hit by that massive floodings so my parents are talking about moving to Canada. So yeah, it's pretty damn scary

Acceptable_Ad544

Its almost like people have been saying this would happen for decades

Spiritual-Pear-1349

They need to keep that to themselves, otherwise the US may invade them for their newfound water supply…

Sabyyr

No_Carry_3028

Guess that's where California's water went!

SelfishSilverFish

Where is all the water from the drying up lakes?....oh....

bUt ClImAtE cHaNgE iSnT rEaL

Kitchen_Equipment_21

Baba Vanga predicted mass floods this year which isn’t to wild of a prediction but this is nuts. The earth is changing its landscape deserts use to be oceans. They have found whale bones in the Sahara. Now there is this. Lake mead is drying up, we will just have to adapt.. I wonder what will transform next

T50BMG

The grass is always blue on the other side of the climate issue

Neural_Flosser

Are there any relief efforts for Pakistan right now?

Yup seems right, the map is changing, just wait until the ocean rises. California is sinking just wait.

Individual_Time_8733

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/world/gallery/pakistan-flooding/index.html

teraflux

While other places in the world are having record high temperatures and droughts. Strange times.

Interesting. And there is massive water shortage in China. The whole lakes dried out.

MartyfromIreland

Maybe it was always a lake and just now refilled.

javilefty

This is bullshit, my family in Pakistan saying only less than 150 people have died. What are your sources.

AK1010

Will the water recede or is that the new normal?

Hungry-Lion1575

Welp, looks like Europe is getting more guests.

TrevCat666

amrock__

We could use a biblical flood here in utah.

nahog99

Here is the donation site set up by the provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan for those affected by flooding: [https://floodrelief2022.punjab.gov.pk](https://floodrelief2022.punjab.gov.pk/)

amishmustafakhan

DONATE!! https://www.gofundme.com/f/solidarity-appeal-for-flood-victims-in-pakistan?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=instagram_story

BumpyLoathing

Meanwhile, most of Europe is drying up. We can kill two birds with one stone here, just bucket all this water over to Europe.

Marquesas

No denying their country has been devastated right now, and the floods may well be one of the worst we’ve seen in a while. HOWEVER I have to call bullshit on this satellite photo until I see a reputable source.

The rainwater is full of debris, it would not appear this colour from space, it would be dark brown (like all the other satellite photos you’re seeing in the news). The flooding would have to be hundreds of meters deep, and the debris to have settled for quite some time to look this bluish colour from space.

synapse-dynamics

As someone from Bangladesh.  I thought india and Bangladesh would be the first to go underwater. Climate change keeps throwing 360s at us

Theguywhoplayskerbal

Feel sorry for the people but fuck the Pakistani government, the humanitarian aid will be siphoned off by corruption

Ok-Seaworthiness4488

It's really bad if you can see a disaster from orbit.

Sablemint

Vaibhavkumar2001

Damn the planet isnt fucking around this year.

Nonpoweruser

Absolutely wild what is going on this year

Deep_Charge_7749

Sounds exactly like what happened in Texas a couple months back.

FullyUndug

I hope any Pakistanis on here and their families are safe; even if you’re not on here I hope you and yours are safe.

Beginning_Ad_6616

Man I went through Helene last year on the US East Coast and seeing this reminds me of the devastation to our communities and the landscape. My heart goes out to all these people 😔😞

Thjyu

And the next door has shortage of water wow

TerribleSwordfish212

A lot of salty butthurt Indians here. Unemployment can't be this high there 😭

Malicious_Shrine4365

Last 5 years have been really bad with intense flooding throughout the world. 

Btw, if anything related to Pakistan is posted the amount of hateful salty Indians that show up in comments is nuts. Get a life you propagandist psychos.

spook008

Yigek

OkMacaroon8678

GHOSTFUZZ99

sfrogerfun

HuckleberryFrosty967

I for one am glad that Taco says there’s no global warming.

Ecstatic-Total-9953

No-Professional-1461

Absolutely insane. May the dead rest in peace and may the survivors get all the help they need

RaiJolt2

Weather on the planet is going nuts, then there is karma for lying to the military and government. so many lives lost.

EitherIndependence5

gossipmonger2025

The effects of climate change are already hear, and sadly, incidents like this are only going to get deadlier and more frequent.

We could have put a stop to all this, God knows we had ample time. But the world's richest people needed a few extra billions in their accounts, so I guess it was all worth it? 🤷🏾‍♂️😕

kayodeade99

Hmm they got to survive for next 2 months

HumpetohaiHi9

Now the whole plastic-shit goes into the ocean…

Capital_Mixture5113

The west abused the climate ,did everything possible to fu*k the climate for its industrial revolution,contributed most to the climate change yet its the developing countries that suffer the most for it ,Oh fate it is

Present_Bee_2485

TheLastHotBoy

Narco_sharko_

Remember when pakistanis were laughing at the deaths during a cloud burst in uttrakhand... Now who's laughing 🤡

FewLandscape836

mertseger67

If only their theocrat army spent a dime of the aid that was given into safety instead of spawning terrorists or murdering innocents.

ServeTheRealm

So is this something that couldn't have been prepared for or is the government negligent?

Dietmeister

I was waiting for her to ask for $4/day only can help save a drowning Pakistani

Last-Storage-5436

Jesus wrath for giving shelter, water and food to terrorist I guess. What you sow you reap.

scalper0402

VegasAireGuy

They wanted water, they got water and now I hope the admin will shut up

Lonely-Internet-7565

blkatcdomvet

How much more losses must people endure before what? Christ returns and establishes his Kingdom on Earth? No, seriously, before what?

RuMarley

No_Preparation36

Since we’re on the topic of life losses, any chance of working on human rights  policy?

Representative-Iron2

Hope the flood took out some scam call centers.

MolonLabeMF

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Cultural-Dream-7037

Here, I always perceived "ghetto" to be nothing more than borders for all sorts of illicit activity and violence.  Apparently a distinguishable difference concerning the definition of that term here in 'Merica

What fucking crosses your mind to be like yea I can wade across two feet deep running mud.

Specialist-Many-8432

This is what people don’t see about “impoverished” parts of the world.

Typically lots of kids and young adults with civic duty.  A real sense of community.  

It is why every kid in the ghetto knows how to ride a bike even though there might only be one or two for the whole community and the kid who lives behind the high walls doesn’t know how  to ride the bike he owns.

alagrancosa

Just a heads up, you dated this 2020 and not 2021.

botchman

I am still unsure as to which category it fell under. Natural Disaster struck to me the most appropriate.

That's how Mcconnell's Mills state park near Pittsburgh was formed.  During the last ice age a massive glacial dam burst and carved out a huge valley.

1h8fulkat

The BBC has [more, and closer-up footage](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55969669) - terrifying stuff!

Judazzz

Sources:
[Twitter](https://twitter.com/i/events/1358349212732166144?s=20)

 [TOI](https://m.timesofindia.com/india/uttarakhand-glacier-burst-in-chamoli-damages-hydropower-plant-rescue-operations-underway/amp_articleshow/80732809.cms)

Recent glacial bursts in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan have caused significant flooding, damaging over 300 homes and raising fears of catastrophic floods.

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