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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The following is a list of natural disasters that have affected Pakistan. Event ... National Disaster Management Authority ...
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]
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 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]
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.
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.
In response to this disaster, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur announced a compensation package for rain-affected families in the province. The relief check includes Rs 10 lakh for those killed, Rs 300,000 for seriously injured and Rs 50,000 for minor injuries.
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 ]