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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 ...
2009 Karachi floods; 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]
This year's flooding is reminiscent of 2010, which had been the worst in recorded history. That two such extreme events would occur in the last 20 years is just one more indicator of how a ...
Climate change may have been a contributing factor to the severity of the 2010 Pakistan floods. Climate change in Pakistan is a major issue for the country. Pakistan is highly vulnerable to climate change. As with the changing climate in South Asia as a whole, the climate of Pakistan has changed over the past several decades, with significant ...
STORY: More than 1,100 people, including 380 children, have been killed.The United Nations appealed for aid on Tuesday for what it described as an "unprecedented climate catastrophe."Army ...
The flooding, which has affected more than 33 million or roughly 15% of Pakistan's population, has claimed the lives of at least 1,136 people and damaged countless homes since June, AFP reported ...
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The floods in Pakistan caused 250 billion rupees ($2.9 billion) of damage to crops such as sugar cane, cotton and rice. The waters destroyed 700,000 acres of planted cotton and 200,000 acres each ...