The deluge within: our self

In the wake of devastating flash floods that have ravaged Pakistan's northern regions, claiming countless lives and destroying livelihoods, a chorus of climate change experts has long warned that the true culprit isn't the fury of nature alone, but our glaring lack of preparedness - a systemic failure that amplifies every disaster into a catastrophe. Nowhere was this more evident than in Buner where, following the initial chaos, local rescuers were left to fend alone until a district administration team arrived not for urgent aid, but merely to tally the mounting losses. Questions linger over the timeliness of warnings, alerts and forecasts, while provincial and national disaster management authorities lagged behind, exposing a profound communication void and delayed response that turned p