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On 25 August 2022, Pakistan declared a state of emergency because of the flooding. [ 6 ] The flooding was the world's deadliest flood since the 2020 South Asian floods [ 7 ] and described as the worst in the country's history. [ 8 ]
In 2022, downpours swelled rivers and at one point flooded a third of Pakistan, killing 1,739 people. The floods also caused $30 billion in damages, from which Pakistan is still trying to rebuild. ...
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.
Global organisations, such as the United Nations, see Pakistan as one of the countries most vulnerable to extreme weather and climate change, with floods wreaking havoc in 2022, killing more than ...
2022 Pakistan floods; 2023 Pakistan floods; 2024 Pakistan floods. 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods - Intense bout of flash floods from 13-16 April. In addition to the loss of life and human suffering, the floods caused extensive damage to crops, particularly in the province of Sindh.
Last summer’s flooding in Pakistan killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes, wiped out swaths of farmland, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. Pakistan’s ...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters, showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people, experts said Thursday, as an aid group said half of the victims among 300 people killed by rains since July are children.
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 ...