Topic: Pakistan Floods
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 09/19
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/27
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 01/26
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Top 10 global weather events of 2010
A panel of weather and climate experts ranked the the Top 10 global weather and climate events of 2010. Voters considered the scope and unusualness of the event, its immediate human and economic impact, and whether it is emblematic of climate trends or variability. They voted during the first week of December, so the following weeks' extreme winter weather in Europe, which may have deserved a spot in the Top 10, received an honorable mention.
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In Pictures: 2010: The year in pictures
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Past decade's extreme weather is manmade, new study suggests
Extreme rainfall and heatwaves over the past decade have been linked to global warming in a new Nature Climate Change study. The relationship between storms and warming is less clear.
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Pakistan floods: Why Islamabad is slow to implement lessons from last year
A year after historic Pakistan floods left hundreds of thousands homeless, Islamabad's slow response to new floods has prompted a UN appeal.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 09/19
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/27
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One year after its worst flooding, is Pakistan ready for monsoon season?
Pakistan’s record floods last year killed some 2,000 people and displaced 20 million. Many officials say the country is still not properly prepared to deal with this year's imminent monsoon season.
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Pakistan allots land to women in an effort to end a cycle of debt
Some 5,800 peasants in Sindh province are set to receive farmland previously designated as government-owned flood runoff. By the end of March, some 92,000 acres will be allotted to women only.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 01/26
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Top 10 global weather events of 2010
A panel of weather and climate experts ranked the the Top 10 global weather and climate events of 2010. Voters considered the scope and unusualness of the event, its immediate human and economic impact, and whether it is emblematic of climate trends or variability. They voted during the first week of December, so the following weeks' extreme winter weather in Europe, which may have deserved a spot in the Top 10, received an honorable mention.
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In Pictures: 2010: The year in pictures
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In Pictures: Get on the bus
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In Pictures: Global weather 2010
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Global weather: 2010 in running to be warmest year on record
If November and December temperatures stay relatively warm, 2010 could capture the record for warmest year, an early analysis shows. This year has also been marked by extreme weather events.
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Bridging divides
A Christian Science perspective.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/02
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God-empowered hope
A Christian Science perspective.
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NATO tankers torched in Pakistan, but alternative routes to Afghanistan limited
The incident encapsulates many of the challenges for NATO tankers and supply lines, including militant attacks, disastrous floods, and mercurial Pakistan-US relations.
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Biggest hurdle to Pakistan flood recovery: Wealthy landowners
The absence Pakistan’s landowners, who use their money and influence to gain seats in parliament, highlights deep social divisions going back to independence.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 09/27
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 09/20
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Pakistan's ousted Pervez Musharraf announces return to politics
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former military ruler who left the country amid unrest and legal trouble in 2008, said this week he intends to return home to lead a new political party.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 09/15
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In Pictures: Back to school 2010
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Pakistan floods: Cash grants for families on the way
The government plans to start handing out cash grants to victims of the Pakistan floods in the coming weeks. Donations from abroad are dwindling as a costly recovery effort begins.
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Pakistan floodwaters subside as a tide of allegation rises
Across Pakistan questions are swirling about whether the political elite intentionally failed to divert dam waters in order to protect lands of financial interest to them.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 09/09
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