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The National Institute of Disaster Management (Urdu: قومی ادارہ برائے آفات انتظام, romanized: qaumī idāra barā'e āfāt intizām; abbreviated as NIDM), is a national think tank of the government of Pakistan responsible for capacity building, research, and policy development in the field of disaster management. [2]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The following is a list of natural disasters that have affected Pakistan. Event ... National Disaster Management Authority ...
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 occurred in mid-July.
The National Disaster Management Authority (Urdu: مقتدرہ قومی آفات انتظامی پاکستان, abbreviated as NDMA), is an autonomous and constitutionally established federal authority mandated to deal with the whole spectrum of disasters and their management in the country.
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.
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.
Sea level rise along the Karachi coast is estimated at 1.1 mm per year (mm/year) for the period 1856–2000 according to the National Institute of Oceanography, Pakistan. [29] According to IPCC estimates, the mean rate of global average sea level rise was 1.7 mm/year between 1901 and 2010, and 3.2 mm/year between 1993 and 2010. [ 30 ]
On 9 August, only $45 million in aid had been committed, which is far less than usual for this scale of disaster. [122] In an analysis of the response to the disaster, The Guardian said that there was a dire need of relief. It quoted the UN's humanitarian affairs coordination office, saying that "[s]ix million [of the 14 million affected] are ...