“Water poured into his house. Floods deluged his neighborhood. At least one of his neighbors drowned.” According to New York Times reporters Zia ur-Rehman, Christina Goldbaum, and Salman Masood, this is the norm for Murtaza Hussain in Kausur Niazi Colony, a slum in Karachi. As the reporters put it, “Year after year” Hussain and his neighbors have “watched as monsoon rains flooded into their homes, damaged furniture, televisions, and other precious valuables.”
On its face, what Hussain and his neighbors endure every year is another one of the many sad stories told daily in the New York Times. This is said as a compliment to the newspaper. It’s hard to imagine another one with such global reach. Except that ur-Rehman, Goldbaum, and Masood aren’t just reporting on the miseries of the poor. There’s as some might expect an environmental angle.
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