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From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused about US$40 billion in damage. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked to climate change.
Floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed eight people in January, [2] however from June 2022, floods affected most of Pakistan, affecting around 33 million people, or 12% of the country's population. [3] Over two million houses were damaged or destroyed by flooding, [ 4 ] and over $40 billion USD worth of damage has been caused.
Damage caused by the floods of 2010. The following is a list of floods in Pakistan. In 1973 heavy rains in Indian Kashmir caused the Indus River to overflow and flood the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] 1992 India–Pakistan floods; 1993 Monsoon Floods Across South Asia killed fifteen people in Pakistan. [2] In 1995 heavy monsoon rains ...
Flash floods triggered by monsoon rains swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north, officials said Monday, as the death toll from rain-related incidents rose ...
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 ...
The death toll from nearly six weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan has risen to 156, officials said Thursday, as downpours continued in much of the country, inundating some ...
In 2022, downpours swelled rivers and at one point inundated one-third of Pakistan, killing 1,739 people. The floods also caused $30 billion in damage. Pakistan's monsoon season starts in June.
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.