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  2. 2020 Karachi floods - Wikipedia

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    The 2020 Karachi floods (Urdu: سيلاب کراچی ) were the worst flooding Karachi had seen in almost a century, and killed at least 41 people. [1] [2] [3] The floods were caused by record monsoon rains from 24 to 27 August, [4] which were inadequately drained by poorly maintained drainage systems in the city.

  3. List of floods in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. 2010 Pakistan floods - Wikipedia

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    The agricultural damage reached more than 2.9 billion dollars, and included over 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2) of lost cotton crops, 200,000 acres (810 km 2) of sugar cane and 200,000 acres (810 km 2) of rice, in addition to the loss of over 500,000 tonnes of stocked wheat, 300,000 acres (1,200 km 2) of animal fodder and the stored grain losses.

  5. Disaster - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 November 2024. Event resulting in major damage, destruction or death For other uses, see Disaster (disambiguation). Ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, one of the worst disasters in the history of the United States A disaster is an event that causes serious harm to people, buildings ...

  6. Punitive damages - Wikipedia

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    In Australia, punitive damages are not available for breach of contract, [5] but are possible for tort cases.. The law is less settled regarding equitable wrongs. In Harris v Digital Pulse Pty Ltd, [6] the defendant employees knowingly breached contractual and fiduciary duties to their employer by diverting business to themselves and misusing its confidential information.

  7. Black storm - Wikipedia

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    A scene of Kali Andhi. Black storms, locally called Kali Andhi, Kali Nheri in South Asia (Hindi: काली आँधी, Punjabi: کالی نھیری, Urdu: کالی آندھی, literal meaning: Black Storm) are violent dust squalls that occur in the late-spring in the northwestern parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain region of the Indian Subcontinent.

  8. Climate change in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    According to scientific research, climate change played a substantial role in the devastating floods of 2022, which had a direct impact on over 30 million people in Pakistan, resulting in the loss of lives, damage to public infrastructure, and displacement from homes. [4] Climate change poses a significant menace to Pakistan's economy and security.

  9. Damage - Wikipedia

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    Damage can be intentional or accidental. When an object or building is deliberately damaged, the act can be socially significant as a way to degrade the meaning of the object. Though things can have multiple meanings, in circumstances where they are deliberately damaged one meaning—which prompts the act—takes precedence. [3]