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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 ...
Event Disaster Location Date Affected Death Toll; Earthquake/Tsunami: Makran: 325 BC: 1935 Quetta earthquake: Earthquake: Quetta: May 31, 1935: 60,000 1945 Balochistan earthquake
The flood is considered the worst in Pakistan's history, affecting people of all four provinces and Asad Jamu and Kashmir Region of Pakistan. [58] (see 2010 Pakistan floods) The 2013 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods. In 2022 Pakistan suffered the worst flood in the country's history.
The flooding, which has affected more than 33 million or roughly 15% of Pakistan's population, has claimed the lives of at least 1,136 people and damaged countless homes since June, AFP reported ...
The plan included restoring housing, water supplies and infrastructure to their pre-storm state. It was designed to combine with a much larger ongoing flood-control and development program. [58] The bank provided US$25 million of credit to help rebuild the East Pakistan economy and to construct protective shelters in the region.
This year's flooding is reminiscent of 2010, which had been the worst in recorded history. That two such extreme events would occur in the last 20 years is just one more indicator of how a ...
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.
2004 Brazil flood, mainly São Paulo, Pemambuco, torrential rain, mudslide Brazil: 2004 159 Sarno flood and landslide Italy: 1998 154 KwaZulu-Natal: South Africa: 1995 141+ 2010–2011 Southern Africa floods: Africa: 2011 140+ 2019 Pakistan floods and storms: Pakistan: 2019 139 Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts) United States: 1874 138 ...