Climate
Lingering floods in Pakistan - Updates from Earth Observatory
Monsoon rains fall on Pakistan every summer, but the summer of 2010 was extraordinary.
A combination of factors, including La Niña and a strange jet stream pattern, caused devastating floods. The Indus River rapidly rose, and a dam failure in Sindh Province sent part of the river down an alternate channel. The resulting floodwater lake lingered for months, leaving crops, roads, airports, even entire communities underwater.
Lingering floods in Pakistan - Updates from Earth Observatory