Besides climate change, other factors contribute to severe flooding ... - NPR
Besides climate change, other factors contribute to severe flooding in Pakistan : NPR
Besides climate change, other factors contribute to severe flooding in Pakistan
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NPR's A Martinez talks to Cambridge University lecture Ayesha Siddiqi, who studies disasters in the global south, about Pakistan's vulnerability to floods as another monsoon season is underway.
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