Zoha is located at the foothills of the Karakuram mountain range. It has an abundance of glaciers over 7,000 and a desert in the south. The volume of the glacier is decreasing because there have been landslides recently. Pakistan's first experience with this kind of catastrophe came in 2010 when it was inundated.
After catastrophic flooding, Pakistani people are demanding better disaster management from their government. Their government wants reparations from wealthy countries.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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