{"content":[{"text":"(as seen that the catastrophe of 2010 returned in 2020 over Swat region). In the projections, \n the trends show severe impacts with 15 mm added precipitation amount in 5 consecutive \n days by the year 2050. Another such wave in 2029-2030 is also indicated by the climate \n forced models which establishes that such events are periodic over Swat with a return \n period on decadal scale.","bbox":{"left":0.12441,"top":0.083067,"width":0.839552,"height":0.11021199999999998}},{"text":"The economic and human toll of the disaster continue to grow since the catastrophe took \n place. It is reported that The floods have left 142 dead in Swat and hundreds of thousands \n without homes, food, electricity or clean water. The surging water has knocked down mud- \n walled houses, apple orchards, fish genesis ponds, cattle, and has ruined reserves of staple \n crops in the region. Moreover, Electrical towers have been washed away, leaving behind \n crumpled steel skeletons and broken high-tension wires. Deployment of concrete \n reinforcements need to be promoted for mitigating impacts of climate extremes.","bbox":{"left":0.12441,"top":0.215075,"width":0.840307,"height":0.15412299999999998}},{"text":"Flood modelling of Swat river","bbox":{"left":0.12441,"top":0.414805,"width":0.29928,"height":0.023096000000000005}},{"text":"By deploying river flood modelling over Swat region, it is established that in case of a hill \n torrent, more water will gush form North to South and the southern slopes of the Swat \n region will be more vulnerable. The \n flood modelling further shows that \n spatial expanse of the flood water \n inundation from a hill torrent can \n protrude up to 500 m on either side of \n the river. It is also seen that the flood \n water will also intrude in to the \n residential premises and will make \n livelihood more vulnerable if such \n environmental conditions recur.","bbox":{"left":0.12441,"top":0.458269,"width":0.839093,"height":0.26414600000000005}},{"text":"Current mitigation practices \n Current practice of retaining flood water from hill torrents in Swat rests solely on non- \n geometrical boulders installed on peripherals of the valley. It is to be noted that in case of \n extreme flood due to hill torrent, such flood water retaining methods pose more of a risk \n than help control the incoming flow. The fragilely placed boulders, in such environments, \n augments severity by contributing small and big shards in to the flood water. Hence, such \n methods of adaptation shall only add to the misery of the already devastated region than","bbox":{"left":0.12441,"top":0.745964,"width":0.840105,"height":0.15378999999999998}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.492592,"top":0.518482,"width":0.466808,"height":0.21837}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.492592,"top":0.518482,"width":0.466808,"height":0.21837}]}