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September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 thehighasia

A call for saving lives, restoring dignity in flood relief

by Seemi Bano The devastating floods have swept across Gilgit-Baltistan’s mountainous regions and Pakistan’s plains, leaving a trail of death,

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 thehighasia

G-B floods: put vulnerable segments at centre of response

Women are on the frontlines of caregiving, responsible for protecting children and older relatives in unsafe shelters, often while losing their own livelihoods—livestock, kitchen gardens, or home-based enterprises. They also face heightened risks of harassment and gender-based violence in overcrowded camps.

Children face disrupted education, exposure to contaminated water, and heightened risks of malnutrition and disease. For many, the trauma of losing homes and schools will have long-lasting effects.

August 30, 2025August 30, 2025 thehighasia

Homegrown healing: respect nature, restore Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan has borne the brunt of torrential rains, cloudbursts, and glacial lake disasters claiming 41 lives and displacing hundreds of people and washing away crop lands, orchards, communication, electricity and water supply infrastructures in three divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan.

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 thehighasia

Last year broke heat records – will 2025 be more similar?

Roughly a quarter of the global population grappled with at least 30 days of dangerous heat this year, while the planet hit its hottest day on record in July. In 2024, there were 24 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters from January to November 2024 – a total second only to the 28 annual disasters experienced in 2023. Among them, the US logged one of its deadliest hurricanes as the furious storm Helene roared across the south-east and swept through Appalachian mountain towns.