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A NASA satellite image showing the Indus River at the time of 2010 floods. Pakistan has seen many floods. The worst, and most destructive, flooding was the recent 2010 Pakistan floods, which swept away 20% of Pakistan's land. The flood was the result of unprecedented monsoon rains, which lasted from 28 July to 31 July 2010.
Satellite images of the upper Indus River valley, comparing water-levels on 1 August 2009 (top) and 31 July 2010 (bottom) Monsoon rains were forecast to continue into early August and were described as the worst in this area in the last 80 years. [26]
In 2003, Sindh province was badly affected when above normal monsoon rainfall caused flooding in the province; urban flooding also hit Karachi where two days of rainfall of 284.5 millimetres (11.20 in) created havoc in the city, while Thatta District was the worst hit where 404 millimetres (15.9 in) rainfall caused flash floods in the district ...
Satellite images captured by Nasa’s Worldview maps confirmed the grey haziness covering a massive swathe of land over Pakistan and extending southeast towards India’s New Delhi and Punjab.
Satellite images reveal the extent of damage from Pakistan’s deadliest flooding in more than a decade. Officials put the blame on climate change as monsoon rains washed away villages, killing ...
STORY: More than 1,100 people, including 380 children, have been killed.The United Nations appealed for aid on Tuesday for what it described as an "unprecedented climate catastrophe."Army ...
The 2023 Pakistan floods occurred from March to July of 2023, caused by monsoon rains which returned to Pakistan after nine months after the 2022 Pakistan floods. Floods worsened at the end of June due to upcoming monsoon rains. [1] At least 159 people were killed, including many children. [1]
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] It was also recorded as one of the costliest natural disasters in world history.