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Flooding in Pakistan – Earth Observatory (NASA, 17 August 2010) Pakistan Flood Relief Flood Relief information; UN Humanitarian Chief John Holmes: The Magnitude of the Pakistan Floods Is Unprecedented – video report by Democracy Now! Mapping Pakistan floods Overview of up-to-date map sources: probable flood-affected villages, towns and ...
A NASA satellite image showing the Indus River at the time of 2010 floods. Pakistan has seen many floods. The worst, and most destructive, flooding was the recent 2010 Pakistan floods, which swept away 20% of Pakistan's land. The flood was the result of unprecedented monsoon rains, which lasted from 28 July to 31 July 2010.
In 2010, almost all of Pakistan was affected when massive flooding, caused by record breaking rains, hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The number of people affected by the flooding exceeds the combined total affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami , the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake . [ 7 ]
Flood: Jul/Aug 2010: 20,000,000: See also. National Disaster Management Authority (Pakistan) ... List of floods in Pakistan; Drought in Pakistan; External links
At least 13 people have died in the flooding and almost 200,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas in Bangladesh, Md Kamrul Hasan, a senior official of the Ministry of Disaster ...
Bangladesh, being situated on the Brahmaputra River Delta (also known as the Ganges Delta) is a land of many rivers, and as a result is very prone to flooding.Due to being part of such a basin and being less than 5 meters above mean sea level, Bangladesh faces the cumulative effects of floods due to water flashing from nearby hills, the accumulation of the inflow of water from upstream ...
Heavy floods in Pakistan have killed over 1,100 people and caused over $10 billion in damage since June. Here's where you can donate. Pakistan is facing major flooding and damage.
The floods in August in eastern Bangladesh, which left more than 70 dead, caused damage estimated at $1.20 billion, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue, a leading think-tank.