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Pakistan: Pakistan expands glacier monitoring in effort to cut disaster risk

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Source: AlertNet
Country: Pakistan

With glaciers melting faster in the face of climate change, flood risk is rising and early warnings will be key

By Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio

ISLAMABAD, Aug 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pakistan will invest $8.5 million to expand a network of glacier monitoring stations tracking the pace of glacial melt in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Himalayan mountain ranges, in an effort to strengthen early warning systems and reduce the impact of flooding in the South Asian country.

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