Climate change blamed as Pakistan’s Punjab endures biggest flood in history

Villagers wade through a flooded area after torrential rain in Pindi Bhattian, Pakistan (A Rizvi/AP)

Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is dealing with the biggest flood in its history as water levels in rivers rise to all-time highs.

Global warming has worsened monsoon rains this year in Pakistan, one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, and downpours and cloudbursts have triggered flash floods and landslides across the mountainous north and north-west in recent months.