Flash flooding sweeps away Pakistan bridge
Hunza, Pakistan (AFP) May 10, 2022
A key bridge serving a remote corner of northern Pakistan has collapsed after a heatwave caused a glacial lake to burst and unleash flash flooding, the country's climate minister said. Pakistan is highly vulnerable to climate change, ranking eighth in a table of countries most affected by extreme weather, according to a study by environmental group Germanwatch. A spring heatwave is curre