Pakistan health authorities on alert over severe heatwave, glacier's rapid melt, bridge collapses

1. Pakistan and neighboring India have been sweltering amid an intense #heatwaves that has led to weeks of dangerous air quality and rampaging #wildfires. Now, the early-season heat is to blame for causing the rapid melt of the #ShishperGlacier in northern Pakistan, which led to destructive #flooding downstream.

As a result of which, the Hassanabad Bridge in Pakistan's Hunza Valley was completely destroyed on Saturday as the melting glacier sent torrents of water coursing through area streams in a #phenomenon known as a #glaciallake outburst flood.
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2. Pakistan health authorities issued an alert Thursday as a severe heatwave gripped several parts of the country and which is expected to last a week with temperatures going up to 49 degrees Celsius, officials said.

The Meteorological Department in the southern province of Sindh said the prevailing severe heatwave was expected to last until May 16.

“Daytime maximum temperatures may rise to 47-49 degrees C” in Dadu, Shaheed Benazirabad and other cities, it said, while the provincial capital of #karachi could witness #mercury rising up to 38-40 degrees Celsius around May 13-14.
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Extreme heat impacting millions & whole #ecosystems across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh:
(https://youtu.be/LNRCm2b05-U)
New Delhi: Fire Continues For 5th Day At Bhalswa Landfill Site:
(https://youtu.be/m_ajwloaVa4)