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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.
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 ...
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. On 25 August 2022, Pakistan declared a state of emergency because of the flooding.
Swat river soaring view in 2010 flood Swat river washed off bridge in Upper Swat. 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 ...
Flood: Jul/Aug 2010: 20,000,000: See also. National Disaster Management Authority (Pakistan) List of extreme weather records in Pakistan; List of tropical cyclones in ...
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. [19] Climate change poses a significant menace to Pakistan's economy and ...
Guddu Barrage is used to control water flow in the River Indus for irrigation and flood control purposes. [3] It has a discharge capacity of 1.2 million cubic feet per second (34,000 m³/s). It is a gate-controlled weir type barrage with a navigation lock. The barrage has 64 bays, each 60 feet (18 m) wide.
Flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province killed 11 people from 24 March to 3 April, [9] with 17 more deaths, including eight from a landslide, and nine injuries occurring in the rest of April. [ 7 ] From June 10 to 11, over 20 people were killed and 100 others were injured due to flooding, including 15 in Bannu District . [ 10 ]