Which is more likely to drive people from their homes — floods or heat waves?

Grist: Floods get a lot of attention in our warming world. They can kill people and livestock, inundate crops, destroy infrastructure and homes - and they make great photo ops. Less attention - and less international aid - is directed to victims of intense heat waves that are also linked to climate change. But it is these heat waves that are most responsible when Pakistanis leave their villages, new research suggests. Pakistan is a depressing climate case study because its residents are so vulnerable......

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