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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 ...
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 ]
National Disaster Management Act, 2010 was passed by Parliament of Pakistan in 2010, it received the assent of the President on 8 December 2010. The Act applies to whole Pakistan including tribal areas of FATA. The Act was passed in backdrop of 2010 Floods in Pakistan and strengthen Disaster Management system. [1]
The Guddu Barrage has a span of 1,400 meters. It consists of 64 gates of 18 meters each and one navigation lock with a span of 15 meters. The barrage is also used for river control and flood management. It has been designed to pass a super-flood discharge of up to 33,980 cubic metres per seconds (m3/sec).
The floods also caused $30 billion in damages, from which Pakistan is still trying to rebuild. Baluchistan saw rainfall at 590% above average that year, while Karachi saw 726% more rainfall than ...
A Pakistani province has issued a flood alert due to glacial melting and warned of heavy loss of life, officials said Saturday. Experts say Pakistan is experiencing heavier rains than normal in ...
Gordon Brown requests that the British public supply more money to be used to help those affected by the floods. (The Guardian) John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator appeals for $460 million in funding to assist victims of the 2010 Pakistan floods. (Voice of America)
AHMEDABAD/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan's coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India's Gujarat state and forcing thousands of people from ...