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A Western Disturbance over Northern India and Pakistan in November 2012. A western disturbance is an extratropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region that brings sudden winter rain to the northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, [1] [2] which extends as east as up to northern parts of Bangladesh and South eastern Nepal. [3]
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 ...
Torrential and record-breaking rainfall continued for a fifth day across Pakistan on August 29 after widespread flooding destroyed buildings and killed dozens of people.This footage shows recovery ...
Consecutive downpours damaged or destroyed more than 1 million houses and 1,800 miles of roads, affecting more than 33 million Pakistanis.
An incident occurred as a result of the heavy rain and subsequent destruction, six members of the same family including two women and four children were killed when the roof of a house collapsed in Zakha Khel Bazar of Khyber district. [15] Additionally, 16 children are among the 29 people killed in rain- and snow-related incidents. [16]
Streets in several cities were flooded. Rainfall also lashed Islamabad. [29] Authorities declared a state of emergency in Balochistan. [30] [16] In August, flooding continued in the country, killing 245 people, injuring 446 others, destroying 1,002 houses and damaged 3,475 others, 35 bridges and eight schools. [7]
Pakistan has recorded its wettest April since 1961, with more than double the usual rainfall for the month, the national weather center said. The country experienced days of extreme weather in ...
Pakistan has seen many floods, the worst and most destructive is the recent 2010 Pakistan floods, other floods which caused destruction in the history of Pakistan, include the flood of 1950, which killed 2910 people; on 1 July 1977 heavy rains and flooding in Karachi, killed 248 people, according to Pakistan meteorological department 207 ...