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The floods in Pakistan began in late July 2010, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and, Balochistan regions of Pakistan, which affected the Indus River basin. Approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's total land area was affected by floods, with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province facing the brunt of the damage ...
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 ]
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 ...
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 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 flooding this summer comes after record-breaking monsoon rainfall in the south Asian country. Skip to main content. News. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726. Login / Join. Mail. Downloads ...
Flood: Jul/Aug 2010: 20,000,000: See also. National Disaster Management Authority (Pakistan) ... List of floods in Pakistan; Drought in Pakistan; External links
Every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s massive monsoon-driven floods. “Our whole world is underwater, and nobody has helped us,” she said, speaking in the tent ...